Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Rodger Koopman

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===> as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city. Raleigh is one of the fastest growing cities in the US and often referenced in national newspapers.
 * 1) Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.[7] Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion,

===> The News & Observer, Raleigh's and Wake County's main newspapers has written over 100 articles either about this polician or including him as relevant to major policy decisions made by Raleigh's city council.
 * 1) Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article."