Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ilhan Omar
I do not see the justification for deleting this article. It's historic and noteworthy that a Somali-American woman has won a primary for a state legislative seat. All Minnesota House members have Wikipedia articles. There is truly no chance that a Republican could be elected in this district (it's wildly Democratic; and yes  me for saying that). So we're supposed to then reconstruct this article from scratch in November, when Omar is elected, because we couldn't bear the bandwith this article is taking up until then? Random deletionism. Omar is the subject of articles in major media. (Non-Minnesota examples alone: http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Somali-activist-wins-Minneapolis-district-9133460.php, http://www.voanews.com/a/somalia-kenya-refugee-camp-minnesota-state-capitol/3458824.html, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article94823922.html.) She is relevant ''even as a nominee'' for breaking a gender/religious barrier that had not previously been broken in the USA
— User:Moncrief, 22:27, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CRYSTAL (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)