Talk:2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Elections and Referendums, an ongoing effort to improve the quality of, expand upon and create new articles relating to elections, electoral reform and other aspects of democratic decision-making. For more information, visit our project page.Elections and ReferendumsWikipedia:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsTemplate:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsElections and Referendums articles

United States: Massachusetts / Government Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Massachusetts portal This article is supported by WikiProject Massachusetts (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject U.S. Government (assessed as Low-importance).

U.S. Congress Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject U.S. Congress, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United States Congress on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.U.S. CongressWikipedia:WikiProject U.S. CongressTemplate:WikiProject U.S. CongressU.S. Congress articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is about one (or many) event(s).

Potential candidates[edit]

How do we know a person is a potential candidate? What standard do we use?—Markles 00:53, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The standard used for United States presidential election, 2012 is two sources in the past six month. I think this standard should be used here as well. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 03:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- OK. What's the reliability of the source? I mean: if a well-regarded writer says, "George Jones would be a good Governor" does that make Jones a potential? What about "George Jones is considering running"? Or "Ralph Smith has started a petition to draft George Jones"?—Markles 12:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - The consensus on other pages appears to be that op-ed pieces are not considered to be reliable sources. Articles that state that a candidate is considering running and articles that state there is a movement to convince a candidate to run are okay, unless the candidate makes a public statement denying interest in running. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 01:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks for finding that. It's a good standard to use. —Markles 01:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Candidates[edit]

Should Ed Markey be added to the DFL section and Gabriel Gomez be added to the GOP section? - Billybob2002 (talk) 04:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Already added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billybob2002 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]