Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomas O'Grady


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The result was   redirect to  Los Angeles election, 2011. Black Kite (talk) 21:46, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Tomas O'Grady

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Politician who has never won an election. The refs I can find are entirely local--I cannot locate the LA Times articles, but they would need to provide significant coverage, which I think unlikely.  DGG ( talk ) 05:11, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete Normally we would redirect a losing candidate to the article about the election, but his was such an insignificant also-ran campaign (less than 5% of the vote) that it does not deserve that treatment. His other activities appear to be non-notable. --MelanieN (talk) 00:41, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * He actually received about 31% of the vote. The article is saying that by holding the incumbent to 54.5% of the vote, he came within 5% of keeping the incumbent below a majority and forcing a runoff. -LtNOWIS (talk) 20:48, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. The article is so badly written, I thought it was saying he failed to achieve 5% - and the supplied link is dead so I couldn't check it. OK, in that case redirect to the appropriate election. --MelanieN (talk) 20:09, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 02:44, 16 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Los Angeles election, 2011. He got 2nd place in a notable race, where winning would automatically confer notability. He ran a credible campaign, and received an endorsement from the Los Angeles Times. I don't think he's notable enough for an article, but he definitely deserves a redirect, as is standard practice in these cases. -LtNOWIS (talk) 20:58, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
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