underticket

English

Etymology

under- +‎ ticket

Noun

underticket

1. (politics) The elections for minor positions that are on the same ballot as elections for positions that receive more press coverage and attention.
   • 1986, Connecticut History, page 103:

     First, there was the embarrassment of the election of 1890, and the recognition by many voters (including several Republican leaders) that the election had been stolen, at least from the candidates for the underticket.

   • 1998, Sarah McCally Morehouse, The Governor as Party Leader: Campaigning and Governing, page 157:

     Thus the governor was able to take charge of his party, win the primary for himself and his lieutenant governor, and control the underticket.

   • 2003, Samuel B. Hand, The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974:

     Apart from the lieutenant governor's race (incumbent John Daley won by almost 16,000 votes), the underticket offices were closely contested.