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I would like all editors of this page to consider whether it is within the category of WP:NOTABLE considering that state legislative special elections do not generally get their own article. This information can be moved to Virginia's 7th Senate district pretty easily. The only reason that I am not proposing this article for WP:PROD is due to the immense amount of work involved in the article. DHSchool2003Student (talk) 18:57, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, I must say that I am a little disappointed that this was nominated for deletion. I understand that this article may not meet certain notability qualifications that would usually justify such an article. This is, as you said, merely a special election. However, I am using the highly detailed and exceptionally well-written work done by User:Daniel Case in his article about a 2017 Delaware State Senate special election as a precedent for what I am doing here. So much so that I copied the ordering of his table of contents as the framework for my own article. My article is obviously incomplete, but I am going to put in the work to make this a well-researched and informative article. On the topic of notability, again, I understand that special elections don't often get their own pages, but I would like you to consider the opening words of the Washington Post article, which I cite at the beginning of my own article. "What could have been a sleepy special election for a single legislative seat in Virginia Beach has instead drawn heaps of money and national attention — in large part because of abortion.[1]" I would argue that the implications of this election on both the state and national merit notability far outside the confines of the results themselves. If this election merited national press coverage, donations from across the state, the involvement of various state and local politicians, including the governor himself, and extensive discourse online, I would suggest that this article does, in fact, meet the general notability guidelines. More so than other pages that I have read. I am a local of the Hampton Roads area, and I'm well invested in the political developments here. I'm writing this article to provide insight into local politics that you would otherwise miss. I include reliable sources, and I have thus far avoided original research. Talleyrand6 (talk) 19:25, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
