down-ballot

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1. Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.

   In down-ballot races, television advertising is rare.

   2015, John S Klemanski, David A. Dulio, Michael Switalski, Campaigns from the Ground Up, →ISBN

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   Just as I stepped out of the shower, I got a call from a state senator who was planning to run for a down-ballot statewide office against the mayor of a suburban city.

   2012, Howie Carr, Hard Knocks, →ISBN

   In 2012, Coleman again secured his reelection with more than 90 percent of the vote, and Democratic candidates in his district secured a greater share of the mean precinct down-ballot vote in 2012 than in 2000.

   2013, George Hawley, Voting and Migration Patterns in the U.S., →ISBN

   One task of these developers at the party was to create tools for state parties and down-ballot candidates built from this data architecture.

   2016, Daniel Kreiss, Prototype Politics, →ISBN