How to Use general election in a Sentence

general election

noun
  • The runoff will be April 2, and the general election will be Nov. 5.
    — Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Jones ran on the Rent is 2 Damn High line in the general election, and got 2.7% of the vote.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The two with the largest vote totals will go on to the general election.
    — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • This scandal could dog the wine in the general election.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 May 2022
  • Alaskans have a new method of voting in the general election.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • School Board races go to the Nov. 8 general election if no candidate gets more than 50% of the votes the first time.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Wyden won the general election and served in the House until 1996, when he was elected to the Senate.
    — oregonlive, 17 May 2022
  • Joshua voted in the 2020 general election, but that’s it in the last four years, at least in state elections.
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 27 Sep. 2022
  • No new general election can be held for at least a year.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
  • In the general election, RCV also would be used to choose the winner.
    — CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • This guy, after all, is too crazy to win the general election, right?
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022
  • That year, Lee garnered 88% of the open primary vote and 90% in the general election runoff.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Little is likely to win the general election in the fall.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022
  • The challengers to Trump are closer to where the general election voters are on the issue.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That left Pérez to call a special election for the seat to be held after the Nov. 8 general election.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2022
  • The win secured Fritts’ seat in the House because no Democrat ran against him in the general election.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • On the air, Democrats have a clear two-to-one margin in the $87 million general election bookings.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Aguilar was determined to have it in place for the 2024 general election.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The Brothers of Italy, which has its roots in a neo-fascist movement, won 26% of the vote in Italy’s Sept. 25 general election, the most of any party.
    — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But Goldwater was crushed in the general election, winning just 38.5 per cent of the vote.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • But his base has fallen short three general elections in a row.
    — NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • With most of the country's primaries already in the past, most of the focus ahead of Election Day has shifted to the general election.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The debate is the first and only one scheduled before the general election on Nov. 8.
    — Byemma Hinchliffe and Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The winner will go on to the general election in November.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Lake then narrowly lost to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in the general election.
    — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Both candidates fought to get voters back to the polls just a month after the Nov. 8 general election.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • To back up, Schiff’s aim was to help Garvey beat out Porter for one of two qualifying spots in the general election.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • For Democrats, Bradshaw is the only option, and would be the stronger nominee in the general election on Nov. 5.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • Ballinger went on to win the general election in November 2018.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 12 June 2022
  • In the general election, Hobbs held a slight lead over both Robson and Biggs, leading each by a 2-point margin.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025

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