mayoral race

collocation in English

meaningsofmayoralandrace

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mayoral
adjective
uk
/ˈmeə.rəl/us
/ˈmeɪ.ɚ.əl/
of or relating to a mayor (= a person elected or chosen to lead a town or its ...
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race
noun
uk
/reɪs/us
/reɪs/
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to ...
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(Definition ofmayoralandracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, policies to improve water services were proposed by every candidate in themayoralracein 1996.
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She did not run for re-election in the 2007mayoralrace.
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Themayoralracefeatured the same three candidates as the 1948 race.
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The 2006mayoralracereceived special consideration because no other elections were held on that day.
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After dropping out of themayoralrace, his supporters convinced him to re-enter.
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We believe that themayoralrace, while different, may attract those who simply want to get on to the bandwagon of publicity, perhaps for a commercial gain.
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Most political observers had predicted that the crowded, four-waymayoralracewould result in a runoff election.
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Issues in the 2005mayoralraceincluded education, taxes, crime, transportation, public housing, homeland security funding and the city budget.
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Not only did he win themayoralracethree times, he increased his winning margin in the third election.
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Chuckles has the election results in his newspaper, and announces the winner of themayoralraceon the air in clown character.
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