Information: - Edward John Thye (April 26, 1896 August 28, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 26th Governor of Minnesota (19431947) before serving as a United States Senator from 1947 to 1959. - The 1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7 , 1944 . Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Edward John Thye defeated Minnesota Democratic -- Farmer -- Labor Party challenger Byron G. Allen . As the Democratic Party of Minnesota and Farmer -- Labor Party merged earlier in the year , this was the first gubernatorial election in which the parties ran a combined ticket . The vote change below reflects the departure from the combined Democratic and Farmer -- Labor totals in 1942 . - The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governor of Minnesota, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial governor, also served as state governor several years later. State governors are elected to office by popular vote, but territorial governors were appointed to the office by the United States president. The current governor of Minnesota is Mark Dayton of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'office contested' with the subject 'minnesota gubernatorial election'. Choices: - governor - member - president
governor

Information: - Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election. - The 2008 Utah Republican primary took place on February 5 , 2008 , with 36 national delegates . Polls showed Mitt Romney leading at up to 85 % of the vote . On August 23 , 2008 the Utah Republican party adopted a standing rule effectively binding the delegates to John McCain for the first ballot at the National Convention ( as Romney had withdrawn ) . - The President of the United States (POTUS) is the elected head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'instance of' with the subject 'utah republican primary'. Choices: - commander - election - executive branch - federal government - government - governor - head - march - party
election

Information: - A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means: "a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen". - A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody). - Indiana is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. - Indianapolis (pronounced ), is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. It is in the East North Central region of the Midwestern United States. With an estimated population of 853,173 in 2015, Indianapolis is the second most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and 14th largest in the U.S. The city is the economic and cultural center of the Indianapolis metropolitan area, home to 2 million people, the 34th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Its combined statistical area ranks 26th, with 2.4 million inhabitants. Indianapolis covers , making it the 16th largest city by land area in the U.S. - Americans are citizens of the United States of America. The country is home to people of many different national origins. As a result, Americans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance. Although citizens make up the majority of Americans, non-citizen residents, dual citizens, and expatriates may also claim an American identity. - Sovereignty is understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme authority over some polity. It is a basic principle underlying the dominant Westphalian model of state foundation. - The U.S. state of Indiana is divided into 1,008 townships in 92 counties . Each is administered by a township trustee . Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'is a list of' with the subject 'list of indiana townships'. Choices: - capital - city - country - entity - people - population - president - state - term - word
city