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What does close-run mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word close-run? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.
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It's down to who performs on the day, and it's going to be a close-run thing, I think.
Commentators predicted a close-run presidential race, but few expected there to be no winner at all.
Any vote in the United Kingdom on enlargement would be a very close-run thing.
After that I hated him more than I hated her, but it was a close-run thing.
He admitted the election in his constituency was likely to be a close-run thing as the seat was traditionally hard fought.
He predicted a close-run contest, which had consequently attracted the attention of the national media.

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