statewide election

collocation in English

meaningsofstatewideandelection

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statewide
adjective
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/ˈsteɪt.waɪd/us
/ˈsteɪt.waɪd/
in every part of ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk
/iˈlek.ʃən/us
/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition ofstatewideandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The method of selecting justices was changed fromstatewideelectionto appointment by the governor.
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With adoption of the current constitution in 1851 the treasurer's office was filled by a publicstatewideelectionevery four years.
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The state legislature couldn't agree on which district to eliminate, so all nine incumbents ran against each other in an unusualstatewideelection.
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Independent and minor political party candidates are nominated by a petition process; two-thousand signatures for astatewideelection, or five hundred for a state legislative election.
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Vermillion, however, never won anotherstatewideelection.
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The station was also the first television station in the market to providestatewideelectioncoverage, as well as the first to utilize a mobile newsgathering unit.
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Some states have statewide elections even in odd-numbered years.
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Before eachstatewideelection, the committee organises a party convention and chooses candidates for offices of the state. 60% of the committee's vote is needed to win the party's nomination.
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Before 2010, the party had been extremely successful in statewide elections for the past decade.
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While the statewide elections for governor and lieutenant governor garnered more national attention, the race for attorney general was the most competitive.
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Senators serve six years terms and are elected in statewide elections.
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Four other propositions appeared on the ballot because they qualified for the next statewide elections.
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The primary has been used in statewide elections since 1975.
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There were also three other statewide elections that year.
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As a result statewide elections were usually close and hard fought.
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Statewide elections are held two years after presidential elections.
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He won a sixth term in the 2004 statewide elections.
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Prior to 1886, statewide elections were held on odd years.
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