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
Richard Blumenthal United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016
Richard Blumenthal United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2022
President Stanisław Wojciechowski
surface form: Stanisław Wojciechowski
President of Poland
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento President of Argentina
C. Ferdinand Sybert Attorney General of Maryland
William Bowen Campbell Governor of Tennessee
John Farmer (politician) Member of Parliament for Maldon
2010 United Kingdom general election campaign House of Commons seats via predicate surface "positionContested"
Alhaji Kromah
surface form: Alhaji G.V. Kromah
President of Liberia
Liberian general election, 2005 President of Liberia
Liberian general election, 2005 House of Representatives of Liberia
Liberian general election, 2005 Senate of Liberia
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Member of Parliament for Hull
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Member of Parliament for Huddersfield
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus tribune of the plebs via predicate surface "office contested"
Edwin Poots Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
Abraham A. Ribicoff President of the United States
Joel Aldrich Matteson Governor of Illinois
John Rankin Governor of Bermuda
J. Franklin Fort Governor of New Jersey
Roberto Sánchez Vilella Governor of Puerto Rico
Pedro Rollán Senate of Spain
Bill Bolling Governor of Virginia
Burton K. Wheeler Vice President of the United States
Karl Arnold Chancellorship of the Federal Republic of Germany
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks leadership roles in women's organizations
Charles S. Thomas none
Lord Hillsborough seats in the British House of Commons
Elise Stefanik New York's 21st congressional district
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives seat for New York's 21st congressional district
Gerhard Schröder (CDU politician, 1910–1989) President of Germany
surface form: Federal President of Germany
Ohio's 9th congressional district U.S. Representative
Bernardino Rivadavia Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
surface form: President of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Edward Bates President of the United States
Sultan of Selangor election of Yang di-Pertuan Agong via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Joseph Jenkins Roberts President of Liberia
William A. Egan Governor of Alaska
Philip Hammond Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge
William H. Woodin Secretary of the Treasury
surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury
Felix Grundy Governor of Kentucky
Bernhard Rust Reichstag seat
Samuel Hitt Elbert Governor of the State of Colorado
Libyan presidential election head of state of Libya
Shemia Fagan Governor of Oregon
Robert C. Weaver United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Yves-François Blanchet Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada
William H. Hunt Governor of Louisiana
Nigel Birch seat in the House of Commons
George Ward seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
John Vance Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales
Orange County Board of County Commissioners Orange County mayoral election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"