Laredo now realized that he was in a serious contest.

He faced only one truly serious contest, when Republican Rich Rodriguez managed to hold him to 53 percent of the vote.

Consequently to Eritrea's withdrawal, all the available seats would be elected without any serious contest.

No one had expected such a joke in such a serious contest, which made it twice as funny.

Around the country, nearly 100 members of Congress were unopposed last year, and only a few dozen races involved serious contests.

A serious contest between Sevenths must be a very rare event.

She had struggled and Nick had released her before they had engaged in a serious contest of psychic power.

Here are the more serious contests.

Contest: There is no serious contest for the incumbent party nomination.

The realization of that meant that there was little likelihood of a serious contest for the immediate future.