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.

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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
Jim Wright Texas in the United States Senate ⓘ
surface form: United States Senate from Texas
Thomas P. DiNapoli Comptroller of New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State Comptroller
Georgia's 3rd congressional district elections for the U.S. House of Representatives via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Representative Don Fuqua
surface form: Don Fuqua
United States House of Representatives seat from Florida ⓘ
Peter G. Peterson Secretary of Commerce of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of Commerce
Gerald
surface form: Gerald Jerry Brown
President of the United States ⓘ
2016 Witney by-election Member of Parliament for Witney ⓘ
Édith Cresson European Parliament ⓘ
Alfred Cannan Member of the House of Keys for Ayre and Michael ⓘ
William M. Evarts United States Senate seat from New York ⓘ
Linda Thomas-Greenfield United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) ⓘ
surface form: United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Janet Napolitano Governor of Arizona ⓘ
2018 New York gubernatorial election Governor of New York via predicate surface "positionContested" ⓘ
Yaël Braun-Pivet legislative elections in Yvelines ⓘ
John Dailey Mayor of Tallahassee ⓘ
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Knesset elections ⓘ
Mayor of Zurich Zurich municipal elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
1852 United States presidential election President of the United States ⓘ
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Prime Minister of the Netherlands ⓘ
Lucius Aemilius Paullus consulship of the Roman Republic ⓘ
Prentiss M. Brown Governor of Michigan ⓘ
2017 Chilean presidential election President of Chile ⓘ
Li Yuanhong leadership of the Beiyang government ⓘ
Einat Kalisch-Rotem Mayor of Haifa ⓘ
Wallace H. White Jr. United States Senate seat from Maine ⓘ
Wallace H. White Jr. United States House of Representatives seat from Maine ⓘ
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Member of Parliament ⓘ
Jeroen Dijsselbloem Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands) ⓘ
2023 Dallas mayoral election Mayor of Dallas ⓘ
Laura Miller Mayor of Dallas ⓘ
Woodall Rodgers Mayor of Dallas ⓘ
Leonid Kravchuk Volodymyr Zelenskyy ⓘ
surface form: President of Ukraine
United States Senate elections United States Senate seat ⓘ
Steve Bartlett Mayor of Dallas ⓘ
Steve Bartlett U.S. House of Representatives seat from Texas ⓘ
C. R. Das Bengal Legislative Council ⓘ
Piet Joubert President of the South African Republic ⓘ
2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts United States Senator from Massachusetts ⓘ
Vanessa L. Gibson Office of the Bronx Borough President ⓘ
surface form: Bronx Borough President
Alan Johnson Leader of the Labour Party ⓘ
Gaylord Nelson United States Senate election in Wisconsin ⓘ
Wilhelm Miklas President of Austria ⓘ
Mayor of Taipei Taipei mayoral elections held every four years via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Alameda County Board of Supervisors Alameda County supervisorial elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
1840 United States presidential election President of the United States ⓘ
Henry Wilson President of the United States ⓘ
Scott Reid Member of Parliament in Canadian federal election ⓘ
Premier of Saskatchewan general elections in Saskatchewan via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Premier of Saskatchewan provincial elections in Saskatchewan via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico internal election of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ