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Politicians and judges
Politicians and judges are likely to be notable if they meet any of the following standards.


 * 1) Politicians and judges who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature. This will also apply to those who have been elected but not yet sworn into such offices.
 * 2) Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage. Add ref name = note 6 when editing actual guideline Generally speaking, mayors of cities of at least regional importance are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city.
 * 3) Just being an elected local official does not guarantee notability.  Such people must still meet the general notability guideline of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article".
 * 4) In the case of unelected candidates for political office, the general rule is to redirect to an appropriate page covering the election or political office sought in lieu of deletion. Relevant material from the biographical article can be merged into the election or political office page if appropriate.  Such a page ought to cover all major candidates for that office in a neutral way.