Sentence examples for contested up from inspiring English sources

"Bans on gender-neutral marriage garner large majorities wherever contested, up to 70percentt of the vote in some places.

All together, there are now 64 Republican-held seats that are seriously contested, up from 58 in the middle of August.

By law, election results can be contested up to 10 days after the vote.

The last time the 5,000 council seats being contested were up for election was 2008, when the party was at its most popular.

In Stratford-upon-Avon, the Conservatives won 15 of 18 seats that were contested, picking up five, to give a total of 35.

With the election in Louisiana on Saturday of John Kennedy to replace David Vitter in the Senate, one of the most hotly contested match-ups in U.S. history once again drew to a near-tie.

The Office of Campaign Finance identified major gaps in Todd's campaign records more than a year ago but did not make their findings public until after Todd ran and ultimately won a contested follow-up election to a full, four-year term.

However, the couple's "extravagant" spending, both during their marriage and after their "bitterly contested" break-up in 2013, brought them "to the brink of financial disaster", reducing multi-million-pound family assets to just £560,000.

As results come pouring in from around the country, Kirk -- now officially the winner in a hotly contested toss-up race -- is one member of the class that Republicans must be thrilled to have along.

Now some 400,000 settlers that have taken up residence in these contested areas, pushing up against some 2.7 million pre-existing Palestinians.

The last time most of the seats being contested this year were up for grabs, in 2004, Labour performed abysmally, losing almost 500 councillors.