Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Hedgepeth
per Uncle G and VQuakr.  The subject fails because under our notability guidelines, a politician must normally be elected first to a major office, before being considered notable for the reason of being involved in politics.  Candidates for office are rarely considered automatically eligible for inclusion, barring special circumstances.  Even if he were elected to this office, it is not entirely clear that he'd be considered notable ''per se''.  While legislators at the state and national level, and mayors of large cities, are considered notable, I can't recall any consensus about DC councillors.  If he got elected Mayor of Washington, DC, then he would be considered notable.  Based on |past precedent at AfD, city councillors, even of large cities, are almost never notable -- unless they are at large, act as ''president pro tempore'', or get substantial media coverage, for example, Harvey Milk or Carol Schwartz.  A quick search of sources finds nothing that proves notability.  Hedgepeth fails, |for now, at being |notable enough
— User:Bearian, 22:51, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
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