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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 07:54, 25 September 2016 (UTC) reply

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Non-notable mayor running for Minnesota Senate Meatsgains ( talk) 04:56, 17 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 13:59, 19 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 13:59, 19 September 2016 (UTC) reply

• Delete. At a population of right around 50K, Lakeville is just barely large enough that a mayor could be considered notable if his article was well-sourced. But this is relying much more on raw tables of election results, press releases on the web pages of institutions, and blogs than it is on real reliable source coverage -- and the reliable source coverage that is present is the WP:ROUTINE depth and volume of local coverage that all mayors would be expected to receive in their local media. And candidates don't get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates, either, but are eligible for articles only if (a) either they can be properly demonstrated as already passing a notability criterion before they became candidates, or (b) they win the seat at the end of the campaign, and thereby become actual officeholders rather than mere candidates. No prejudice against recreation in November if he wins the seat, but nothing here is substantive enough or sourced well enough to make him already eligible for a Wikipedia article now. Bearcat ( talk) 22:03, 19 September 2016 (UTC) reply
• Delete total lack of sources to demonstrate notability. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:32, 20 September 2016 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.