The election pitted nine white candidates against nine black candidates.

The election, which was marked by personal attacks, pitted two fundamentally different visions for how to extricate Bolivia from poverty.

Fiercely contested, the elections pitted candidates who are a study in contrast.

The 1966 gubernatorial elections pitted the sitting governor against Robert King High, a popular Miami politician.

In substance, these elections pitted two distinct visions for Italy against each other.

The last contested election for the Assembly pitted a Bahamian against a Panamanian.

Politically the state was highly democratic, as heated elections (among adult white men) pitted the Democratic east versus the Whiggish west.

The election pitted the 150,000-member union against the $3.3 billion Gannett Company, which has typically fought hard against unions at its 88 newspapers.

The general election will also pit some incumbents against each other and see still others fight for political life in substantially new districts.

In Texas, special elections pit all comers against one another on one ballot.