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
Robert McNamara none (never elected to public office) ⓘ
Wes Wise Mayor of Dallas ⓘ
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 President of the United States ⓘ
13th Council District of Los Angeles Los Angeles municipal elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Trygve Lie Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln
linked to: Abraham
President of the United States ⓘ
Ted Wheeler Mayor of Portland, Oregon ⓘ
Ted Wheeler Oregon State Treasurer ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger Member of Parliament for Cambridge University ⓘ
Thomas Gage control of Massachusetts colonial government ⓘ
2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) via predicate surface "positionContested" ⓘ
Nguyen Van Thieu leadership of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Cook County Board of Commissioners Cook County Board of Commissioners election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Al Smith President of the United States in 1928 ⓘ
Chris Sununu Governor of New Hampshire ⓘ
2020 United States presidential election President of the United States ⓘ
2020 United States presidential election Vice President of the United States ⓘ
Louis Botha Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
James Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary Democratic nomination for President of the United States ⓘ
2000 United States presidential election President of the United States ⓘ
James V. Forrestal none ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer President of Germany ⓘ
Peter Stuyvesant governor of New Netherland ⓘ
Randall Woodfin Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
1936 United States presidential election President of the United States ⓘ
1936 United States presidential election Vice President of the United States ⓘ
John Strachan Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador 2019 election ⓘ
Gabriel Narutowicz President of Poland ⓘ
Edward Heath February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Edward Heath October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
Ted Wheeler
linked to: Wheeler
Mayor of Portland, Oregon ⓘ
Ted Wheeler
linked to: Wheeler
Oregon State Treasurer ⓘ
Guy T. Helvering seat in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
George Wallace President of the United States ⓘ
Tobias Read Governor of Oregon ⓘ
Cordell Hull Vice President of the United States ⓘ
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York ⓘ
2021 Chilean presidential election President of Chile ⓘ
Joseph T. Robinson Vice President of the United States ⓘ
António de Spínola President of Portugal ⓘ
Governor of Illinois Illinois statewide elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Gray Davis Governor of California ⓘ
Premier of New South Wales New South Wales state election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn" ⓘ
Archibald Cox United States Senate (Massachusetts Democratic primary, 1948) ⓘ
Paul Young Mayor of Memphis ⓘ
2008 United States presidential election President of the United States ⓘ