Sentence examples for open contests from inspiring English sources
All of the major statewide elected positions are open contests in the Republican primary.
"I saw a likelihood of kindling an inextinguishable flame if I should admit any public and open contests," Phips explained.
More realistic projections have the Democrats gaining perhaps five seats by winning open contests in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado, and perhaps knocking out two incumbents.
Open contests are expected for all three citywide offices (mayor, comptroller, public advocate), four of the five borough presidencies (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island), and at least 19 of the 51 seats on the City Council.
The authors even celebrate the gradual acceptance of campaigning and the decline of the stigma of self-interest, arguing that it creates at least the possibility of open contests and informed electorates.
The elections will be Zambia's most open contests in 37 years, with the presidential election pitting Mr. Chiluba's handpicked successor, Levy Mwanawasa, against former Vice President Gen. Christon Tembo.
It looks a very open contest.
Republicans flipped the governor's seat in Arkansas, where Asa Hutchison won an open contest.
The Liverpool forward could yet flourish in the more open contest anticipated in Durban this evening.
When Mr. Bevan moved to California in 1974, Sardi's chose his successor by an open contest.
