diff --git a/tools/check-new-candidacy.py b/tools/check-new-candidacy.py
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+#!/bin/env python
+
+import subprocess
+import json
+
+
+def pread(argv):
+    return subprocess.Popen(argv, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+
+
+def execute(argv):
+    return subprocess.Popen(argv).wait()
+
+
+def get_reviews():
+    reviews = pread(["ssh", "-p", "29418", "review.openstack.org", "gerrit",
+                     "query", "--format=JSON", "status:open",
+                     "project:'openstack/election'"]).split('\n')
+    results = []
+    for i in reviews:
+        if "status" not in i:
+            continue
+        review = json.loads(i)
+        if review['status'] == 'NEW':
+            results.append(int(review['number']))
+    return results
+
+
+def check_reviews():
+    for review in get_reviews():
+        if execute(["git", "review", "-d", "%d" % review]):
+            continue
+        print
+        fl = filter(lambda x: x.startswith("candidates/"),
+                    pread(["git", "diff", "--name-only", "HEAD^"]).split('\n'))
+        if not len(fl):
+            print "[E] No candidacy added"
+            continue
+        for candidate in fl:
+            print "[->] https://review.openstack.org/%d  - %s" % (
+                review, candidate)
+            execute(["./tools/check-candidacy.py", candidate])
+    execute(["git", "checkout", "master"])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    check_reviews()