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
Alan Milburn Member of Parliament for Darlington
Ma Kai leadership positions in the State Council of China
Richard Harrison none known
Curt Skoog mayor of Overland Park, Kansas
Cook County Treasurer Cook County elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
New York City mayoral elections Mayor of New York City
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn Bishop of Würzburg
Lien Chan President of the Republic of China
Maurice J. Tobin Governor of Massachusetts
Maurice J. Tobin Mayor of Boston
Vicente Fox President of Mexico
Deukmejian
surface form: George Deukmejian
Governor of California
Yunus Qanuni President of Afghanistan
2009 Afghan presidential election President of Afghanistan
Amrullah Saleh President of Afghanistan
Tim Kruithoff Mayor of Emden
Robert B. Bowler Comptroller of the Treasury
surface form: United States Comptroller of the Treasury
John Purroy Mitchel Mayor of New York City
Oregon gubernatorial election Governor of Oregon
Karim Khalili Vice President of Afghanistan
Hung Hsiu-chu President of the Republic of China
Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland
William Moultrie Governor of South Carolina
2002 Florida gubernatorial election Governor of Florida
Charlie Crist United States Senate from Florida
Charlie Crist Governor of Florida
1892 United States presidential election President of the United States
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby Leader of the Conservative Party (informal influence, not formal leader)
Humza Yousaf Leadership of the Scottish National Party in 2023
Samuel J. Kirkwood Governor of Iowa
Samuel J. Kirkwood United States Senate seat from Iowa
Hans Wiegel seats in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
2024 United States Senate election in Virginia United States Senator from Virginia
surface form: United States Senate seat from Virginia
President of the Xunta de Galicia Galician regional elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Hugo Carvajal National Assembly of Venezuela
Speaker of the Parliament
surface form: Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
internal parliamentary election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Enda Kenny President of Ireland
Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated)
surface form: Richard Mulcahy
Taoiseach of Ireland
Archibald Roane Governor of Tennessee
Gunnar Berge Parliament of Norway
Symon Petliura leadership of the Ukrainian People’s Republic
Iain Duncan Smith Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Leo Varadkar Taoiseach of Ireland
John Bruton Taoiseach of Ireland
Peter MacKay Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Hugo de Jonge Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Arthur Meighen Prime Minister of Canada
Kjell-Olof Feldt Member of the Riksdag
R. James Woolsey Jr. none
New Zealand general elections Member of Parliament