contest
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After more than a decade, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis is termed out, opening a contest for a sprawling 1st District stretching from Silver Lake to Pomona that represents nearly 2 million people.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Higgins, who started the day strongly but was repeatedly pegged back by 2005 winner Murphy, ended it in the same fashion as he compiled his first century of the contest to hold sway.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
A generation of well-funded thinkers treated them as a symptom, and may have surrendered one of the last legal tools we had to contest it.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
It’s a contest over governance, access to critical resources, and the ability to establish infrastructure that will determine economic and military activity in space for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
This contest is open to island youth ages 8–14.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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