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
David Lidington Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
Goodwin
surface form: Goodwin Knight
Governor of California
Newton Baker Governor of Ohio
Rob McKenna Governor of Washington
Tallahassee City Commission Tallahassee municipal elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Ronald Mariano seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives via predicate surface "office contested"
Ed Murray Mayor of Seattle
Polish presidential election, 1922 President of Poland
Olivia Chow Mayor of Toronto
1991 Russian presidential election President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
surface form: President of the RSFSR
Enver Hoxha head of state of Albania
Frank Knox Vice President of the United States
John Tory Premier of Ontario
Salvador Sánchez Cerén President of El Salvador
Albert B. Fall United States Senate
Letitia James Mayor of New York City
Frank Wolf (portion before redistricting)
surface form: Frank Wolf
U.S. Representative
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
Peter Grant Member of Parliament for Glenrothes
United States presidential election, 1964 President of the United States
United States presidential election, 1964 Vice President of the United States
Szymon Perski Prime Minister of Israel
Herbert H. Lehman Governor of New York
2027 New South Wales state election members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Cavalier Johnson Mayor of Milwaukee
Wilhelm Pieck President of Germany
Alexander H. Stephens Governor of Georgia
Dennis Hastert United States House of Representatives
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives
Leo T. McCarthy United States Senate seat from California
1864 United States presidential election President of the United States
Lurleen Wallace Governor of Alabama
Gennady Yanayev leadership of the Soviet Union during August 1991 coup
John C. Breckinridge President of the United States
Dmitry Yazov member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency
United States presidential election of 1832 President of the United States
Francesco De Martino President of Italy
Guy Mollet Prime Minister of France
William J. Casey Governor of New York
George B. McClellan Jr. Mayor of New York City
George B. McClellan Jr. Member of the United States House of Representatives
Georgios Papandreou Prime Minister of Greece
Mitt Romney President of the United States
James Comey FBI Director
surface form: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michigan’s 5th congressional district
surface form: Michigan's 5th congressional district
United States House of Representatives
surface form: United States House of Representatives seat
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora President of the Second Spanish Republic
Tony Evers Governor of Wisconsin
Tony Evers State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
Tony Evers Wisconsin lieutenant governor
Cimon strategos of Athens
Douglas Clifton Brown Member of Parliament in the UK general election
1998 California gubernatorial election Governor of California via predicate surface "positionContested"