Deletion of Tim Michels

Comment: Passes , and as Bushranger points out notability is 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:NOTTEMPORARY)

Comment: Remember that while an article being here for a  is not necessarily a reason to keep - however, at the same time, notability is 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:LONGTIME||WP:NOTTEMPORARY)

Comment: The subject of the article, Tim Michels received significant press coverage in 2004 when he was the Republican nominee for Senate. Wikipedia is intended to be a historic encyclopedia, not merely a website for current events.  Just because Michels is not receiving significant coverage now, because he is not currently a candidate does not mean that the article does not pass .  The article does clearly pass  because the subject has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article, even though that coverage may not be recent
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:BIO)