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
Defence Secretary of Pakistan not elected via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Betsy McCaughey Governor of New York
Governor of Morelos gubernatorial elections in Morelos via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Ralph Julian Rivers United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska
William F. Weld Vice President of the United States
William F. Weld President of the United States
2000 Russian presidential election President of the Russian Federation
surface form: President of Russia
Jesse Franklin Governor of North Carolina
José Napoleón Duarte President of El Salvador
Andrew Lansley Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire
Kenneth Blackburne none
Joe Hogsett Mayor of Indianapolis
2012 Russian presidential election President of the Russian Federation
surface form: President of Russia
Martin Frost United States House of Representatives
Governor André Franco Montoro (official name of complex)
surface form: André Franco Montoro
President of Brazil
Vince Lago Mayor of Coral Gables
Steve Barclay Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire
Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland
surface form: Wouter van Twiller
governor of New Netherland
Senator Owen Brewster
surface form: Owen Brewster
United States Senate seat from Maine
Senator Owen Brewster
surface form: Owen Brewster
Governor of Maine
Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik President of the United States
Alexander Guchkov Leadership positions in the State Duma
Appius Claudius Crassus consulship
1932 New York gubernatorial election Governor of New York via predicate surface "positionContested"
William Scranton President of the United States
Burbank City Council Burbank municipal elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby influence over the succession to the English throne
Dennis Archer Mayor of Detroit
Henry Sewell Superintendent of Canterbury Province
1934 New York gubernatorial election Governor of New York via predicate surface "positionContested"
Ian Sinclair (politician)
surface form: Ian Sinclair
Prime Minister of Australia
Henry Cuellar United States House of Representatives via predicate surface "office contested"
Warren Christopher United States Secretary of State
Ka-chiu
surface form: John Lee Ka-chiu
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Sir Henry Pottinger none
1950 United States elections seats in the United States Senate
1950 United States elections seats in the United States House of Representatives
1950 United States elections state governorships
1950 United States elections various state and local offices
Illinois's 14th congressional district elections to the U.S. House of Representatives via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Elbert D. Thomas United States Senate seat from Utah
Harry Robbins
surface form: Harry Robbins Haldeman
none (appointed official, not elected)
1938 New York gubernatorial election Governor of New York via predicate surface "positionContested"
Atiku Abubakar (former member)
surface form: Atiku Abubakar
President of Nigeria
Head of the Chuvash Republic regional elections in the Chuvash Republic via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Gary McCarthy Mayor of Schenectady, New York
John
surface form: John McCain
President of the United States
Chen Yun internal leadership positions within the Chinese Communist Party
Prime Minister of Tatarstan political process in Tatarstan via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"