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

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officeContested
Generated description
Indicates that a particular office or position is being actively sought or challenged by multiple parties in an election or selection process.

Sample triples (3,061)

Subject Object
Reg Empey Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Raymond
surface form: Joseph Raymond McCarthy
United States Senate election in Wisconsin
surface form: United States Senate from Wisconsin
Mayor of Shibuya Shibuya mayoral election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Taysir Abu Sneineh mayor of Hebron
1989 Chicago mayoral special election Mayor of Chicago via predicate surface "positionContested"
1989 Chicago mayoral special election Mayor
Leonid Slutsky President of the Russian Federation
surface form: President of Russia
2015 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
United States Senate election in Missouri, 1820 United States senator via predicate surface "positionContested"
1980 United States presidential election President of the United States
1995 Chicago mayoral election Mayor of Chicago
1995 Chicago mayoral election Mayor via predicate surface "positionContested"
Strom
surface form: Strom Thurmond
President of the United States
Lightfoot
surface form: Lori Lightfoot
Mayor of Chicago
Ben Weyts Flemish Parliament elections
Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand municipal elections in Clermont-Ferrand via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Christopher Soames Member of Parliament for Bedford
Christopher Soames Member of Parliament for Coventry
Mykhailo Fedorov Verkhovna Rada deputy
1999 Chicago mayoral election Mayor of Chicago via predicate surface "positionContested"
High Sheriff of Staffordshire Staffordshire via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Los Angeles City Council District 2 Los Angeles City Council member
Stéphane Perrault none (non-partisan office) via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Robert Luce seat in the United States House of Representatives
Roy Romanow Premier of Saskatchewan
1967 South Vietnamese presidential election President of South Vietnam
The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, first term)
surface form: The Earl of Derby (first term as Prime Minister)
United Kingdom general election, 1852 via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Sander Loones European Parliament seat for N-VA
2007 Chicago mayoral election Mayor of Chicago via predicate surface "positionContested"
Craig Cannonier Premier of Bermuda
Rocky Anderson President of the United States
Council of State of Valais cantonal elections in Valais via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
45th Canadian federal election seats in the House of Commons of Canada
Kathleen Blanco Governor of Louisiana
Dean Rusk United States Secretary of State
Thiệu Văn Nguyễn
surface form: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
President of South Vietnam
Shirley Hufstedler none
William Francis Hagerty IV United States Senate elections
surface form: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020
Nevada Assembly District 32 Nevada Assembly member
Robert Taft Jr. Governor of Ohio
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. Governor of Maryland
1944 United States elections President of the United States
1944 United States elections United States Senator
1944 United States elections United States Representative
1944 United States elections state governor
Nuatali Nelmes Newcastle City Council
surface form: Newcastle local government elections
Carl Albert Vice President of the United States
Muñoz Marín
surface form: Luis Muñoz Marín
Governor of Puerto Rico
Alexander Cameron Rutherford Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
James G. Blaine President of the United States