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The result was delete. § FreeRangeFrog ^croak 18:21, 11 July 2014 (UTC) reply

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Non notable politician, only mayor of a small town at present. Not yet elected to national office. I believe this article has been created by subject or someone witha close connection: they have twice removed a COI tag from the article. TheLongTone ( talk) 11:28, 4 July 2014 (UTC) reply

Delete- Non notable, only history of life is mentioned like an essay. No any claim of notability in political career also. No independent source found for that person. Mentioned sources like [1] , [2] are closely related to the subject, and there is also COI. Fails WP:NPOL A.Minkowiski ^{_Lets t@lk} 14:20, 4 July 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 00:53, 5 July 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 00:53, 5 July 2014 (UTC) reply

• Keep pending the November election for Congress. I see enough claims to notability.-- TM 11:57, 6 July 2014 (UTC) reply

We do not keep articles about unelected candidates pending the election results; a person doesn't get to have a Wikipedia article until they've already passed a notability rule. Bearcat ( talk) 22:51, 7 July 2014 (UTC) reply

• Delete We do not create articles on people who might be notable in the future, we wait until the person is notable and then create the article. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 19:08, 7 July 2014 (UTC) reply
• Unelected candidates for office do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates, smalltown mayors (15K) do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being mayors, and no politician at any level of government — not even the president of the entire United States — is entitled to keep an article that relies on primary sources for referencing. No prejudice against recreation in November if he wins the election, but he's not entitled to keep one in the meantime just because his name is on a ballot. Delete. Bearcat ( talk) 22:51, 7 July 2014 (UTC) reply

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