less { hop { filter_eq { all_rows ; incumbent ; john w taylor } ; first elected } ; hop { filter_eq { all_rows ; incumbent ; john b yates } ; first elected } } = true
select the rows whose incumbent record fuzzily matches to john w taylor . take the first elected record of this row . select the rows whose incumbent record fuzzily matches to john b yates . take the first elected record of this row . the first record is less than the second record .