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)
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1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee
- ... that after winning the 1990 Senate election Al Gore became the final Democratic Senator from Tennessee?
- 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/
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... 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/
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Olliefant (she/her) 20:41, 21 April 2025 (UTC).
- @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)
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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)
- 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)
- 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)
