adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gubernatorial election (= one to elect a governor )
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We are still waiting for the result of the gubernatorial election in New Jersey.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
campaign
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The exile can't be doing wonders for her once-bright 2002 gubernatorial campaign .
candidate
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Wednesday night, he was scheduled to speak at a fund-raising event in Maryland for once-and-future gubernatorial candidate Ellen Sauerbrey.
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Pete Wilson supports the initiative, while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Brown has staked her election hopes on vehement opposition.
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None of the potential gubernatorial candidates has specifically addressed what are bound to be the significant costs of their anti- crime proposals.
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Hank looked like a gubernatorial candidate .
contest
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In the 36 gubernatorial contests the Democrats won 19, the Republicans 14 and independents two.
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Incumbents were re-elected in all gubernatorial contests except Iwate, Saga and Osaka.
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And yet, if Mr Brown does pitch his hat into the gubernatorial contest , he will start with a handicap.
election
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Nor did he, as the article stated, run against David Duke in the Louisiana gubernatorial election .
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Her blunt opposition to Symington completed a process of disassociation between the two that began during the last gubernatorial election campaign.
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Race factor in south Race was a prominent factor in two Southern gubernatorial elections .
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Unfortunately for Mr Wilson, that comeback will be tepid - and probably hardly noticeable until after next year's gubernatorial election .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bryan said gubernatorial incumbency can be both an advantage and liability when running for the Senate.
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Dole, in losing to George Bush in the 1988 primaries, recognized that gubernatorial endorsements are more important than senatorial ones.
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Her blunt opposition to Symington completed a process of disassociation between the two that began during the last gubernatorial election campaign.
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In California Dianne Feinstein became the first woman to win a major party gubernatorial nomination in the country's most populous state.
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Nor did he, as the article stated, run against David Duke in the Louisiana gubernatorial election.
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Still not enough to justify this desire to reach across the table and deliver a hard right to the gubernatorial chin.
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The Texas governorship was generally considered to be one of the most significant of the country's gubernatorial prizes.