User:Cullen328/Sandbox/Bongino


 * Reply - It is really pretty simple: People can achieve undisputed notability for other unrelated accomplishments, and later become political candidates. We keep such biographies and include a section about their political candidacies.  In addition to Donald Trump, other examples that come to mind include Ronald Reagan, Ross Perot, Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger.  If Wikipedia had been around during the candidacies of the first three, we would have handled the matter as with Trump or Schwarzenegger.  Secret Service agents are not usually notable, and Dan Bongino's only claim to notability is as a political candidate.  His media coverage is routine and exactly like that generated by every serious unelected candidate for office with a competent staff sending out press releases.  Routine coverage generated by press releases doesn't establish notability for anyone.


 * WP:CRYSTAL applies to the current version of the article because it says "If Bongino is successful, his election would mark the first Republican elected to the US Senate from Maryland since 1987." Assuming that's true, then it applies to every Republican candidate in this race, not just Bongino.  The article violates the neutral point of view because it includes the campaign logo, making it resemble campaign literature.


 * There is an entirely appropriate place to cover Bongino's candidacy and the article already exists at United States Senate election in Maryland, 2012. That's what long-established consensus says should be done it this case, and there is no reason to open the floodgates to thousands of promotional articles about unelected candidates.