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Perhaps the most contested race is Seat 6, where incumbent Gabriel Buelna is facing off against Randall Winston, who serves as deputy mayor of infrastructure and climate resilience under Bass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Saying the award was “outsized” and “supported by neither the facts nor the law,” Stifel contested the panel’s decision in federal court; the parties later reached a confidential settlement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The facts in this case may be contested, but the underlying pattern is familiar to many foreign investors in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
This 20th edition of the Games, which were first contested in 1951, did not have a traditional athletes' village in a bid to save money.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
On a clear morning later that spring, a small military plane cruised low over the Plain of Reeds, a contested area near Saigon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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