The contest is captioned Coleman (contestant) v. Franken (contestee). From Wordnik.com. [Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won] Reference
The Utah contest for delegate to Congress: George Q. Cannon, contestant, vs. Allen G. Campbell, contestee: the case stated in behalf of Mr. Campbell, ... parties, and other facts bearing on the case by Allen G Campbell. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: George Allen's parting "shot" to America: A concealed weapons bill for national parks] Reference
But the normal practice is for the Vice President, as president of the Senate, to ask the contestee to "step aside" when the oath is administered. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
State law requires a losing contestant -- Coleman in this case -- to pay court costs, but it's less likely the contestee, Franken, would pay if he lost. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Neither party had a majority of all the members present, but there were a number of contested seats on both sides, of which both contestant and contestee were present, and these duplicates being counted, were sufficient to give each party an apparent majority. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier] Reference
(i) objections to the eligibility of the contestee based on specific allegations, by: you @ soon. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll] Reference
"But if there was any doubt concerning the condition of the closed camps and precincts, and the exclusion of representatives of the Democratic party from discussing the issues of the campaign within the precincts comprising the closed camps, it is entirely removed by the testimony of the witness Weitzel, for contestee (Farr). From Wordnik.com. [King Coal : a Novel] Reference
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