Sentence examples similar to highly contested seat from inspiring English sources

"Virginia will be the most important bellwether of what the party is doing since 2016," said Keith Brannum, the campaign manager for Democrat Elizabeth Guzman, a social worker making her first run for office in one of several highly contested House of Delegates seats.

"It will be a hotly contested seat," Mr. Manton said.

Former State Senator Tom Wiens Rockstle Rock, a Douglas County rancher and small businessman, has officially thrown his hat into the highly contested race for Michael Bennet's seat in the U.S. Senate.

"These seats will be highly contested, that's no surprise," said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State L.A. and an expert on local politics.

In a highly contested round, the challenges can include trying to balance prestige and valuation.

McGuinness several times contested seats in the British House of Commons.

See articleIn parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, the party of Nursultan Nazarbayev won all the contested seats.

The government says just under 40% voted in contested seats; others think much less.

In July the party won only four of 15 contested seats in by-elections.

The opposition won just six out of the 87 contested seats.

The PAP again won overwhelmingly, garnering 83 of the 89 contested seats.