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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The challengers to Trump are closer to where the general election voters are on the issue.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• 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 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
• 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
• That's led some Democrats to raise concerns that the ban's passage could hurt their candidates in the general election this fall.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
• The winner of this matchup will face a sole Democrat in the November general election.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
• Turnout among Democrats could also go higher in the general election.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• Murkowski has never received more than 50% of the vote in a general election.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022
• Days before the 2020 general election, Joe Biden campaigned in Des Moines.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• Gascón did not win any new neighborhoods in the general election.
  — Koko Nakajima, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
• Cox went on to lose the November general election by a large margin to Democrat Wes Moore.
  — Meg Kinnard and Brian Witte, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• In the general election, many voters split their ticket, voting for Kemp and Warnock.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• Arrows show the increase or decrease in each party’s vote share in the second vote, compared with the last general election.
  — Martín González Gómez, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
• The German parliament convenes for its last regular session before the general election.
  — Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025