Cross-border contests are supposed to get the juices flowing, particularly those either side of the Anglo-Welsh frontier.
And along much of that border we're fighting, contesting ISIS.
Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein, who moved across the border from Northern Ireland to contest the election, came third in what will be regarded as an advance for his party taking it closer to the south's political mainstream.
The New River Triangle dispute has an eerie twin on the eastern border of Suriname, where it contests the border with French Guiana.
But Oliver A. Smith, a lawyer for Mr. Yushuvayev, an inspector for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, said he planned to contest all of the charges.
Volunteers from Illinois flooded across the border, while Indiana Democrats — who in past presidential contests had left Indiana to help campaign in neighboring battleground states — stayed to work in their home state.
In Beirut -- another city divided by sect -- color, flag, portrait and symbol draw its borders, in a claustrophobic contest to lay claim to territory never solely Lebanese.
He is investing time, money and organizational resources in Iowa, which holds the nation's first presidential nominating contest and borders his home state.
Both parts of that theory could now be tested.The timing of Mr Adams's arrest is especially awkward, with Sinn Fein due to contest elections on both sides of the border this month.
He said he hoped to contest the Louth constituency, near the Irish border.
During the dramatic contest, Turkish forces stood on the country's border, refusing to assist the anti-ISIS forces and even turning back some refugees from Syria.
