Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Gay Scanlon
People have to ''win'' the election, not just run in it, to be guaranteed a spot in Wikipedia as politicians — and as I've pointed out above, a candidate's presumed or predicted ''likelihood'' of winning is not an inclusion criterion either. But the depth and breadth and range of coverage shown here is ''not'' enough to get her over  as a special case whose candidacy is somehow more notable than everybody else's candidacy, because it simply falls right in line with what ''every'' candidate in ''every'' election could ''always'' routinely show. If she does win, then she'll be eligible for an article after election day — but nothing here is a strong or compelling reason why she would already qualify for an article two months ''before'' election day
— User:Bearcat, 17:07, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)