How to Use general election in a Sentence

general election

noun

• The two with the largest vote totals will go on to the general election.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 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
• Some of those challenges will now pass to her successor Judge Kevin Kelley, who won her seat in the general election.
  — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2023
• Under California's primary system, the top two Democrats could wind up facing off in the general election.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2023
• Voters rejected the $100 million plan in the Nov. 8 general election.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 6 Jan. 2023
• Both Nevada and Arizona are considered battleground states in the general election on Nov. 5.
  — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
• The runoff will be April 2, and the general election will be Nov. 5.
  — Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• No new general election can be held for at least a year.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• 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
• On the air, Democrats have a clear two-to-one margin in the $87 million general election bookings.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
• But his base has fallen short three general elections in a row.
  — NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Days before the 2020 general election, Joe Biden campaigned in Des Moines.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The two highest vote-getters in the primary will then face each other in the April 4 general election.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
• Trump is set to be sentenced in his criminal hush money case in New York on Sept. 18, which will be in the height of the general election campaign.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 23 July 2024
• Ahead of the general election, polls suggested the race could be close, but Smiley lost by roughly 15 points.
  — Grace Kazarian, CBS News, 7 May 2024
• Comer ended up losing the primary by 83 votes to Matt Bevin, who went on to win the general election.
  — Brian Slodysko, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• The top two finishers in the Feb. 21 primary will face each other in the April 4 general election.
  — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2023
• Ballots for the fall general election will start being mailed to voters Oct. 31.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Scott is favored to win in the general election in November.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 17 May 2024
• This year, nearly half of the world’s population will cast their vote in a general election.
  — Jennifer Sirangelo, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• The exit poll was published as voting ended in the general election.
  — Mike Corder and Raf Casert The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
• Low came out victorious in the end by five votes and will face Liccardo in the general election.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
• In this case the contest takes place during the November general election.
  — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024