Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Independent Republican (United States)


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The result was   no consensus. Stifle (talk) 08:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Independent Republican (United States)

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unlike Independent Democrat, this article offers no examples of or references to Republicans who have failed to secure the Republican nomination for office, then ran as an independent candidate and defeated the Republican candidate. Rtphokie (talk) 01:28, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I just added a couple of examples. Feel free to peruse the list of former House members to find others.  Strongly disagree with this article's deletion. Valadius (talk) 02:35, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Strong Keep if Independent Democrat is kept, this should too. &#91;&#91;User:Tutthoth-Ankhre&#124;Tutthoth-Ankhre~ The Pharaoh of the Universe&#93;&#93; (talk) 16:17, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 04:49, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - examples added, notable term. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:44, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - examples are nice but they still need to be cited. This article still has no references.--Rtphokie (talk) 00:25, 5 October 2008
 * Delete unless "Independent Republican is a term occasionally adopted by members of Congress in the United States to refer to their party affiliation." is sourced. Without that, we have no proof that this term is ever used outside of wikipedia. Whether there are any examples is less important than whether this is a notable term.Yobmod (talk) 08:13, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Yobmod makes an excellent point. Without some reference to this term being used outside of Wikipedia (i.e. verifiable 3rd party source, which this article still has none of), this article is original thought.--Rtphokie (talk) 00:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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