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I'm likely going to nominate this to be a page again.
In previous discussion on deletion, I think people put too much stock in some of the language in WP:POLITICIAN that states losing candidates are not automatically notable. Michels isn't just a losing candidate, he is a losing candidate for both governor and Senate. Those are big offices. For comparison, the last Wisconsin governor candidate that does not have a Wikipedia page is from 1962.
Furthermore, Michels is relevant for the current political landscape in Wisconsin. He won the nomination in 2022 after receiving Trump's endorsement. A current nominee already has Trump's endorsement, which may explain why nobody else is running. Beyond Wisconsin, Trump's endorsement was national news. An article for Michels would help explain the kind of people that Trump endorses.
He is also a donor, and his maxed out donation in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election had coverage in Wis Politics. He is still getting coverage. He is sort of a perennial candidate; it's possible he could run again.
As comparison, out of all 50 states, I can only find 4 other examples where the most recent losing gubernatorial candidate does not have a page. They are: Stephen Heidt (Idaho, with 20% of vote, 120k votes total); Brenda Siegel (Vermont, with 24% of the vote, 68k votes total); Theresa Livingston (Wyoming, with 16% of the vote, 31k votes total); Shelley Lenz (North Dakota, with 25% of the vote; 91k votes total). None of them had more than 200,000 votes. Compare that to Michels, who had 48% of the vote in Wisconsin and 1.3 million votes total. He is a major outlier in this group. He is at least as notable as other losing candidates like Woody Myers and Christopher Peterson (law professor), neither of whom had more than 35% of the vote in their elections and are otherwise relatively un-notable.
