incumbentBeforeElection

P6364
predicate

Indicates that the subject was already holding the relevant office or position prior to the specified election.

All labels observed (40)

Label Occurrences
incumbentBeforeElection canonical 131
hasIncumbent 21
governmentBeforeElection 20

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: incumbentBeforeElection
Generated description
Indicates that the subject was already holding the relevant office or position prior to the specified election.

Sample triples (309)

Subject Object
2007 Chicago mayoral election Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) via predicate surface "hasIncumbent"
surface form: Richard M. Daley
2007 Chicago mayoral election reelected via predicate surface "resultForIncumbent"
Bishop of Worcester John Inge via predicate surface "hasIncumbent"
1965 New York City mayoral election Robert F. Wagner
surface form: Robert F. Wagner Jr.
New Jersey's 6th congressional district Frank Pallone Jr. via predicate surface "hasIncumbent"
1964 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary Lyndon B. Johnson via predicate surface "incumbentCandidate"
1922 California gubernatorial election William D. Stephens via predicate surface "officeHolderBeforeElection" NERFINISHED
2009 Afghan presidential election Hamid Karzai
2002 Florida gubernatorial election Jeb Bush
1892 United States presidential election Benjamin Harrison
South African general election, 1999 Nelson Mandela via predicate surface "presidentBeforeElection"
2024 United States Senate election in Virginia Tim Kaine via predicate surface "hasIncumbentCandidate"
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2024 Joe Biden via predicate surface "incumbentPresidentCandidate"
Bishop of Aston Anne Hollinghurst via predicate surface "hasIncumbent"
United States presidential election, 1896 no via predicate surface "incumbentPresidentCandidate"
1980 United States Senate election in Idaho Frank Church
1980 United States Senate election in Idaho Frank Church via predicate surface "incumbentDefeated"
United States presidential election, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt via predicate surface "incumbentPresidentBeforeElection"
2017 United Kingdom general election Conservative majority government via predicate surface "governmentBeforeElection"
Recorder of London Mark Lucraft via predicate surface "hasIncumbent"
Jeanne Shaheen 2008 U.S. Senate campaign John E. Sununu via predicate surface "incumbentDefeated"
2012 United States Senate election in New York Kirsten Gillibrand
1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election James Florio via predicate surface "incumbentCandidate"
1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election James Florio via predicate surface "incumbentGovernorBeforeElection"
1996 Ugandan presidential election Yoweri Museveni via predicate surface "incumbentCandidate"
2018 Texas gubernatorial election Greg Abbott
2001 Ugandan presidential election Yoweri Museveni
2001 Ugandan presidential election Yoweri Museveni via predicate surface "incumbentReelected"
2018 United States Senate election in Virginia Tim Kaine
1944 United States Senate election in Connecticut John A. Danaher
2022 French presidential election Emmanuel Macron
2022 French presidential election true via predicate surface "incumbentReelected"
11th United States presidential election John Quincy Adams
2011 Ugandan general election Yoweri Museveni via predicate surface "incumbentPresidentBeforeElection"
Zimbabwean presidential election, 2002 Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean general election, 2018 Emmerson Mnangagwa via predicate surface "headOfStateBeforeElection"
Chief Justice of Jamaica Bryan Sykes via predicate surface "hasIncumbent"
1986 Philippine snap presidential election Ferdinand Marcos via predicate surface "incumbentCandidate"
2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut Joe Lieberman
1944 United States presidential election President Franklin D. Roosevelt via predicate surface "presidentBeforeElection"
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
2013 Seattle mayoral election Mike McGinn
1860 United States presidential election James Buchanan via predicate surface "presidentBeforeElection"
2018 Toronto mayoral election John Tory
1996 Russian presidential election Boris Yeltsin
2000 Russian presidential election Vladimir Putin
2000 Russian presidential election acting President of Russia via predicate surface "incumbentBeforeOfficeStatus"
1932 New York gubernatorial election President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election Carrie Lam
surface form: Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
2003 Nigerian general election Obasanjo via predicate surface "incumbentPresidentBeforeElection"
surface form: Olusegun Obasanjo
1868 United States presidential election Andrew Johnson via predicate surface "incumbentPresidentBeforeElection"