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
Walter Momper Governing Mayor of Berlin
Edward Roybal Los Angeles City Council, 9th District
Félix Zuloaga Presidency of Mexico
Leander Starr Jameson Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
Joe Bullock Australian Senate seat for Western Australia
Deputy Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Rajasthan Legislative Assembly via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
President of the Region
surface form: President of the Region of Sicily
Sicilian regional election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Chip Roy Texas in the United States House of Representatives via predicate surface "office contested"
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
H. R.
surface form: H. R. Haldeman
none (primarily an appointed official)
Ruth Dalton Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior consulship of the Roman Republic
George S. Houston Governor of Alabama
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward United States Senate
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Randy Weber Texas in the United States House of Representatives
surface form: United States House of Representatives seat from Texas
Greg Laughlin United States House of Representatives elections
surface form: United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
Gary Cohn none
Raphael Warnock United States Senate seat from Georgia
Tallahassee municipal elections Mayor of Tallahassee
Tallahassee municipal elections Tallahassee City Commissioner, Seat 1
Tallahassee municipal elections Tallahassee City Commissioner, Seat 2
Tallahassee municipal elections Tallahassee City Commissioner, Seat 3
Tallahassee municipal elections Tallahassee City Commissioner, Seat 4
Tom Watson (politician) Leader of the Labour Party
Giovanni Goria parliamentary seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Nadhim Zahawi Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon
Publius Valerius Laevinus consulship of the Roman Republic via predicate surface "office contested"
Ray Blanton United States Senate
Government of Hamburg Hamburg state via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
surface form: Hamburg state election
Mark Francois UK general elections in Rayleigh constituency
Mark Francois UK general elections in Rayleigh and Wickford constituency
John Spellar UK parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Northfield
John Spellar UK parliamentary constituency of Warley West
John Spellar UK parliamentary constituency of Warley West
surface form: UK parliamentary constituency of Warley
Pío Pico governorship of Alta California
Federal ministers of Austria coalition negotiations after Austrian legislative elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
2013 Seattle mayoral election Mayor of Seattle
Office of the Governor of Florida Florida gubernatorial election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Polish presidential election, 1926 President of Poland
Polish presidential election, 1926 President of Poland
surface form: President of the Second Polish Republic
Lincoln–Douglas debates United States Senator from Illinois
1860 United States presidential election President of the United States
TX-27 elections to the United States House of Representatives via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Arthur K. Bolton Attorney General of Georgia
2018 Toronto mayoral election Mayor of Toronto via predicate surface "positionContested"
1996 Russian presidential election President of the Russian Federation
surface form: President of Russia
Christian Lindner Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Bob Ainsworth Member of Parliament for Coventry North East
Archie Hamilton Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell
Oden Bowie Governor of Maryland