Sentence examples for most closely contested from inspiring English sources

After a vote count that stretched into this morning, Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore were locked in one of the most closely contested presidential contests in decades.

The election was the most closely contested ever in Nigeria.

The first is to campaign for Democrats in four of the most closely contested Congressional districts.

The 2015 elections are the most closely contested since the end of military rule in 1999.

"I believe it will be one of the five or six most closely contested races in the country".

The result of having multiple distinct political positions represented vigorously has been an election that is described as the most closely contested in decades.

But after a night of electoral chaos there was still no clear indication of who had won the most closely-contested poll for years, and the overall pattern will probably not become more obvious until mid-afternoon.

Voting has been taking place amid high security in one of Zambia's most closely-contested elections.

But after the most exciting and closely contested New Zealand election in decades, it appears her gamble has paid off.

And there is disagreement among strategists about just how rapidly public opinion has shifted in the voting groups that count most in a closely contested election, such as Latinos and older women.

In a historic 2018 election that saw a record midterm voter turnout, a record number of women elected to office, and a Democratic landslide in the House of Representatives, the Florida gubernatorial race between Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis, J.D. '05, was among the most closely watched and closely contested.