officeContested

P495
predicate

Indicates that a particular office or position is being actively sought or challenged by multiple parties in an election or selection process.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
officeContested canonical 2,621
officeContestedIn 264
positionContested 118

Sample triples (3,061)

Subject Object
Robert McNamara none (never elected to public office)
Wes Wise Mayor of Dallas
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 President of the United States
13th Council District of Los Angeles Los Angeles municipal elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Trygve Lie Secretary-General of the United Nations
Abraham
surface form: Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States
Ted Wheeler Mayor of Portland, Oregon
Ted Wheeler Oregon State Treasurer
William Pitt the Younger Member of Parliament for Cambridge University
Thomas Gage control of Massachusetts colonial government
2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) via predicate surface "positionContested"
Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation)
surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
leadership of the Republic of Vietnam
Cook County Board of Commissioners Cook County Board of Commissioners via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cook County Board of Commissioners election
Al Smith President of the United States in 1928
Chris Sununu Governor of New Hampshire
2020 United States presidential election President of the United States
2020 United States presidential election Vice President of the United States
Louis Botha Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
James Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary Democratic nomination for President of the United States
2000 United States presidential election President of the United States
James V. Forrestal none
Konrad Adenauer President of Germany
Peter Stuyvesant governor of New Netherland
Randall Woodfin Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
1936 United States presidential election President of the United States
1936 United States presidential election Vice President of the United States
John Strachan Legislative Council of Upper Canada
Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador 2019 election
Gabriel Narutowicz President of Poland
Edward Heath February 1974 United Kingdom general election
Edward Heath October 1974 United Kingdom general election
Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany
Wheeler
surface form: Ted Wheeler
Mayor of Portland, Oregon
Wheeler
surface form: Ted Wheeler
Oregon State Treasurer
Guy T. Helvering seat in the United States House of Representatives
George Wallace President of the United States
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
surface form: Tobias Read
Governor of Oregon
Cordell Hull Vice President of the United States
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York
2021 Chilean presidential election President of Chile
Joseph T. Robinson Vice President of the United States
António de Spínola President of Portugal
Governor of Illinois Illinois statewide elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Gray Davis Governor of California
Premier of New South Wales New South Wales state election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Archibald Cox United States Senate (Massachusetts Democratic primary, 1948)
Paul Young Mayor of Memphis
2008 United States presidential election President of the United States