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A fact from 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one candidate in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee began the campaign with $3,000 in campaign funds, while the other began with $1 million?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee.

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The result was: promoted by Plifal talk 09:40, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after winning the 1990 Senate election Al Gore became the final Democratic Senator from Tennessee?

Source: https://nashvillebanner.com/2024/11/05/marsha-blackburn-re-elected-senate-seat/

ALT1: ... that a candidate in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee ran even though he knew he would probably lose? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1003716686/
ALT2: ~~... that one of the main candidates in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee had $3,000 in campaign funds, while the other had $1 million?~~
ALT3: ... that the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee was boring? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/283809298/
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Through the Valley (The Last of Us)

5x expanded by OlifanofmrTennant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

Olliefant (she/her) 20:41, 21 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Bremps: I have striked one of the hooks you added as it isn't true. Hawkins spent 3,000 in the primary while Gore began the general with one million as he didn't have a primary challenger. Olliefant (she/her) 18:02, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - See below

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @OlifanofmrTennant: very nice 5x expansion! The article is sufficiently longer, well-cited, and neutral, leaving my only issues relating to the hooks themselves. The non-striked hooks are all cited (as a courtesy I added a citation for ALT3), but aren't necessarily interesting. I can't see ALT0 mattering to readers outside of the US, ALT1 is true for 90% of non-presidential elections that take place, and ALT3 is kind of the opposite of catchy (who wants to read about a boring election 🙃). If you could revise ALT2 and correct its inaccuracy, or maybe make an ALT4 touching on the fact that 'while the general election wasn't close, Hawkins only won the primary by a narrow margin', those could sound good. If you disagree with my assessment of ALT0, however, I'll pass the DYK for that hook, I just feel like the article has more potential. Thank you again for your contributions, and cheers! Johnson524 08:16, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think if the concern with Alt0 is being to America-centric then the primary thing won’t be work either because AFAIK other countries don’t have primary systems that same issue. I do belive I may be able to reword alt2 into something but I’ll do some digging for more facts. Olliefant (she/her) 16:05, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A reworked ALT2 could be:

ALT2a: ... that one candidate in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee began the campaign with $3,000 in campaign funds, while the other began with $1 million?

Also a possible option could be

ALT4: ... that a candidate in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee labeled his campaign a failure two weeks before the election was held?Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/594651122/

Apologies if you feel these also don't meet DYKINT it was quite a boring campaign. Olliefant (she/her) 04:00, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Approving ALT0, ALT2a, and ALT4, with a preference towards ALT2a and ALT4. I actually quite like these new hooks! Thank you again for your contributions, and cheers from North Carolina 🙂 Johnson524 05:06, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]