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
Charles Robberts Swart State President of South Africa
Joshua W. Alexander United States House of Representatives seat from Missouri
1965 New York City mayoral election Mayor of New York City via predicate surface "positionContested"
Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich Member of Parliament
Kenneth McKellar Vice President of the United States
Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews Bishopric of St Andrews
surface form: Archbishopric of St Andrews
Deb Fischer (as U.S. Senator from Nebraska)
surface form: Deb Fischer
United States Senate seat for Nebraska
Kay Orr (as Governor of Nebraska)
surface form: Kay Orr
Governor of Nebraska
Hamar Greenwood Irish self-government
Roger D. Branigin Governor of Indiana
1872 United States presidential election President of the United States
Governor of Kentucky Kentucky gubernatorial elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
surface form: Kentucky gubernatorial election
Ségolène Royal President of France
“three governors controversy” in Georgia
surface form: Three Governors Controversy
Governor of Georgia
Mack Mattingly as U.S. Senator from Georgia
surface form: Mack Mattingly
United States Senate seat from Georgia
President of Aragon Aragonese regional elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Helen Herron Taft First Lady of the United States
Mark Drakeford Leader of Welsh Labour
Nguyen Phu Trong General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Trong President of Vietnam
John Watson Foster Governor of Indiana
Mark Durkan Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland
South Carolina election of 1876 Governor of South Carolina
South Carolina election of 1876 South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina election of 1876 South Carolina Senate
Francis Cherry Governor of Arkansas
Leon Guerrero
surface form: Lou Leon Guerrero
Governor of Guam
Tim Healy House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Missouri 4th congressional district
surface form: Missouri's 4th congressional district
biennial U.S. House elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Doug Ford mayor of Toronto
Bill Campbell Mayor of Atlanta
Philip
surface form: Philip Barton Key II
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
surface form: U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Gary Christenson Mayor of Malden, Massachusetts
Art Eggleton Member of Parliament of Canada
Art Eggleton Mayor of Toronto
Mihály Károlyi political leadership of Hungary
Lucy Ridsdale
surface form: Stanley Baldwin
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Pinhas Lavon leadership of the Histadrut
Joaquín de la Pezuela leadership of royalist cause in Peru
Lord Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Bedrettin Dalan Mayor of Istanbul
Mayor of Fürth Fürth mayoral election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Richard Gephardt President of the United States
Joe Biden as NASA Administrator
surface form: Joe Biden
2020 United States presidential election
Midlothian campaign Member of Parliament for Midlothian
Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly election among members of the Assam Legislative Assembly via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
2006 Palestinian legislative election member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
1964 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary President of the United States
disputed 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election Governor of Louisiana
Senator of Indre-et-Loire French senatorial election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"