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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ballots for the fall general election will start being mailed to voters Oct. 31.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• 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
• In this case the contest takes place during the November general election.
  — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2023
• The contest is still fluid, with the general election months away and Democrats yet to coalesce around a nominee.
  — Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• The court could say that the 14th Amendment shouldn’t be applied to party primaries, only general elections.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2024
• While general elections are frequently held in the spring, Mr. Sunak appears to be playing for time in the hope that his fortunes will improve.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• If a run-off is needed, that would take place during the November general election.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
• Current polling suggests that the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, will handily win the next general election.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
• There are now 34 felony counts in a case that seems likely to extend into the primary season and could even go past next year's general election.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2023
• The club won’t endorse a candidate in the March 5 primary, but will for the November general election.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2023
• By the end of that campaign, the opponent had backed off his assertions, and Mr. Elliott went on to win – once again with 58% of the primary vote, and 63% against a Democrat in the general election.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
• Hamby garnered nearly two-thirds of the general election vote.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2023
• That could make a big difference in the general election — that is, if young voters actually show up to vote.
  — Monica Potts, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
• Had he been allowed to complete his term, many analysts said, his party likely would not have won the next general elections.
  — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Last year, more than half of state legislative seats went uncontested in the general election.
  — Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
• These electoral swings, if repeated in a general election, would leave the party with about 100 MPs in Parliament.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 27 July 2023
• And while former President Donald Trump has a clear lead in the polls and has had a grip on the White evangelical base since the 2016 general election, faith leaders say this base is still up for grabs.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
• Bush would go on to defeat then-Vice President Al Gore in the general election and win reelection to the presidency in 2004.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
• For more information about polls and the general election, check out the article below.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
• In effect, the primary eclipsed the general election as the decisive vote on who would represent Ohio in Congress.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• Anybody talking about 2020 election is going to lose the general election.
  — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The statement, posted to his account on X, also urged supporters to show up to the upcoming general elections.
  — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024