Iowa's 1st congressional district
Appearance
Iowa's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 798,442 | ||
Median household income | $67,381[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+3[2] |
Iowa's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers its southeastern part, bordering the states of Illinois and Missouri, and the Mississippi River. The district includes the cities of Davenport, Iowa City, Burlington, and Indianola. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the current U.S. representative. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+3, it is one of the least Republican districts in Iowa, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.[2]
Cities in the district
Statewide races since 2000
Election results from statewide races:
Office | Year | District result | Winner | |
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Statewide | Nationwide | |||
President | 2000 | Al Gore 52% – George W. Bush 45% | Gore | Bush |
2004 | John Kerry 53% – George W. Bush 46% | Bush | ||
2008 | Barack Obama 58% – John McCain 41% | Obama | Obama | |
2012 | Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43% | |||
2016 | Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 45% | Trump | Trump | |
2020 | Donald Trump 50.8% – Joe Biden 47.4% | Biden | ||
U.S. Senator | 2014 | Joni Ernst 48.3% – Bruce Braley 47.9% | Ernst | N/A |
2016 | Chuck Grassley 58.3% – Patty Judge 37.6% | Grassley | ||
2020 | Joni Ernst 49.5% – Theresa Greenfield 47.4% | Ernst | ||
2022 | Chuck Grassley 53% – Michael Franken 46.9% | Grassley | ||
Governor | 2014 | Terry Branstad 56% – Jack Hatch 41% | Branstad | |
2018 | Fred Hubbell 47.5% – Kim Reynolds 50.3% | Reynolds |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress |
Election history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1847 | |||||
William Thompson (Mount Pleasant) |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – June 29, 1850 |
30th 31st |
Re-elected in 1848.
Seat declared vacant due to an election challenge.[4] |
1847–1849 [data missing] |
1849–1859 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | June 29, 1850 – December 20, 1850 |
31st | |||
Daniel F. Miller (Fort Madison) |
Whig | December 20, 1850 – March 3, 1851 |
Elected to finish Thompson's term. Retired. | ||
Bernhart Henn (Fairfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
32nd 33rd |
run for U.S. senator .
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Augustus Hall (Keosauqua) |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854 .Lost re-election. | |
Samuel Curtis (Keokuk) |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – August 4, 1861 |
35th 36th 37th |
2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment .
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1859–1863 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | August 4, 1861 – October 8, 1861 |
37th | |||
James F. Wilson (Fairfield) |
Republican | October 8, 1861 – March 3, 1869 |
37th 38th 39th 40th |
Re-elected in 1866 .Retired. | |
1863–1873 [data missing] | |||||
George W. McCrary (Keokuk) |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877 |
41st 42nd 43rd 44th |
Re-elected in 1874 .Retired. | |
1873–1933 Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren, and Washington counties | |||||
Joseph C. Stone (Burlington) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876 .Lost renomination. | |
Moses A. McCoid (Fairfield) |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885 |
46th 47th 48th |
Re-elected in 1882 .Lost renomination. | |
Benton J. Hall (Burlington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | Elected in 1884 .Lost re-election. | |
John H. Gear (Burlington) |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th 51st |
Re-elected in 1888 .Lost re-election. | |
John J. Seerley )
(Burlington |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890 .Lost re-election. | |
John H. Gear (Burlington) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | run for U.S. Senator .
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Samuel M. Clark (Keokuk) |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
Re-elected in 1896 .Retired. | |
Thomas Hedge (Burlington) |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907 |
56th 57th 58th 59th |
Re-elected in 1904 .Retired. | |
Charles A. Kennedy (Montrose) |
Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th |
Re-elected in 1918 .Retired. | |
William F. Kopp (Mount Pleasant) |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost re-election. | |
Edward C. Eicher (Washington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – December 2, 1938 |
73rd 74th 75th |
Securities and Exchange Commission .
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1933–1943 [data missing] |
Vacant | December 2, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
75th | |||
Thomas E. Martin (Iowa City) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1955 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd |
Re-elected in 1952. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |
1943–1963 [data missing] | |||||
Fred Schwengel (Davenport) |
Republican | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 |
84th 85th 86th 87th 88th |
Re-elected in 1962 .Lost re-election. | |
1963–1973 [data missing] | |||||
John R. Schmidhauser (Iowa City) |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
89th | Elected in 1964 .Lost re-election. | |
Fred Schwengel (Davenport) |
Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 |
90th 91st 92nd |
Re-elected in 1970 .Lost re-election. | |
Edward Mezvinsky (Iowa City) |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 |
93rd 94th |
Re-elected in 1974 .Lost re-election. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Jim Leach (Davenport) |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2003 |
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th |
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1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
1993–2003 [data missing] | |||||
Jim Nussle (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
108th 109th |
Re-elected in 2004. .
Retired to run for Governor |
2003–2013 |
Bruce Braley (Waterloo) |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015 |
110th 111th 112th 113th |
Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |
2013–2023 | |||||
Rod Blum (Dubuque) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 |
114th 115th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | |
Abby Finkenauer (Dubuque) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
116th | Elected in 2018. Lost re-election. | |
Republican | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
117th | Elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks (LeClaire) |
Republican | January 3, 2023 – present |
118th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present: most of Iowa's southeastern quadrant |
Recent election results
Year[5] | Winner | Loser | Percentage of votes | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920
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Republican | William F. Kopp | 38,100 | Democratic | E. W. McManus | 20,977 | 64–36% |
1922
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26,651 | John M. Lindley | 14,056 | 65–34% | |||
1924
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42,711 | James M. Bell | 17,110 | 71–29% | |||
1926
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27,358 | 11,408 | 71–29% | ||||
1928
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45,806 | unopposed | 100–0% | ||||
1930
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27,053 | Democratic | Max A. Conrad | 15,538 | 63–36% | ||
1932
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Democratic | Edward C. Eicher | 55,378 | Republican | William F. Kopp | 46,738 | 54–46% |
1934
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48,544 | E. R. Hicklin | 39,047 | 55–44% | |||
1936
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55,721 | John N. Calhoun | 53,474 | 51–49% | |||
1938
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Republican | Thomas E. Martin | 46,636 | Democratic | James P. Gaffney | 33,765 | 58–42% |
1940
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70,120 | Zoe S. Nabers | 46,040 | 60–40% | |||
1942
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55,139 | Vern W. Nall | 32,893 | 61–37% | |||
1944
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72,729 | Clair A. Williams | 60,048 | 55–45% | |||
1946
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52,488 | 32,849 | 62–38% | ||||
1948
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70,959 | James D. France | 60,860 | 53–46% | |||
1950
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70,058 | 43,140 | 62–38% | ||||
1952
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105,526 | Clair A. Williams | 62,011 | 63–37% | |||
1954
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Fred Schwengel | 67,128 | John O'Connor | 50,577 | 57–43% | ||
1956
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94,223 | Ronald O. Bramhall | 68,287 | 58–42% | |||
1958
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59,577 | Thomas J. Dailey | 51,996 | 53–47% | |||
1960
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104,737 | Walter J. Guenther | 67,287 | 61–39% | |||
1962
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65,975 | Harold Stephens | 42,000 | 61–39% | |||
1964
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Democratic | John R. Schmidhauser | 84,042 | Republican | Fred Schwengel | 80,697 | 51–49% |
1966
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Republican | Fred Schwengel | 64,795 | Democratic | John R. Schmidhauser | 60,534 | 51–48% |
1968
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91,419 | 81,049 | 53–47% | ||||
1970
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60,270 | Edward Mezvinsky | 59,505 | 50–49% | |||
1972
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Democratic | Edward Mezvinsky | 107,099 | Republican | Fred Schwengel | 91,609 | 53–46% |
1974
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75,687 | Jim Leach | 63,540 | 54–46% | |||
1976
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Republican | Jim Leach | 109,694 | Democratic | Edward Mezvinsky | 101,024 | 52–48% |
1978
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79,940 | Richard E. Meyers | 45,037 | 63–36% | |||
1980
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133,349 | Jim Larew | 72,602 | 64–35% | |||
1982
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89,595 | Bill Gluba | 61,734 | 59–41% | |||
1984
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131,182 | Kevin Ready | 65,293 | 68–33% | |||
1986
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86,834 | John Whitaker | 43,985 | 66–34% | |||
1988
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112,746 | Bill Gluba | 71,280 | 61–38% | |||
1990
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90,042 | scattering | 151 | 99–1% | |||
1992
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178,042 | Democratic | Jan J. Zonneveld | 81,600 | 68–31% | ||
1994
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110,448 | Glen Winekauf | 69,461 | 60–38% | |||
1996
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129,242 | Bob Rush | 111,595 | 53–46% | |||
1998
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106,419 | 79,529 | 57–42% | ||||
2000
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164,972 | Bob Simpson | 96,283 | 62–36% | |||
2002
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Jim Nussle | 112,280 | Ann Hutchinson | 83,779 | 57–43% | ||
2004
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159,993 | Bill Gluba | 125,490 | 55–44% | |||
2006 | Democratic | Bruce Braley | 113,724 | Republican | Mike Whalen | 89,471 | 56–44% |
2008 | 178,229 | David Hartsuch | 99,447 | 64–35% | |||
2010 | 103,931[6] | Ben Lange | 99,976 | 49–48% | |||
2012 | 222,422 | 162,465 | 57–42% | ||||
2014 | Republican | Rod Blum | 147,513 | Democratic | Pat Murphy | 140,086 | 51–49% |
2016 | 206,903 | Monica Vernon | 177,403 | 53.7–46.1% | |||
2018 | Democratic | Abby Finkenauer | 169,348 | Republican | Rod Blum | 152,540 | 50.9–46.0% |
2020 | Republican | Ashley Hinson | 211,679 | Democratic | Abby Finkenauer | 200,893 | 51.3–48.7% |
2020 | Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 162,947 | Democratic | Christina Bohannan | 142,173 | 53.3-46.6% |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Nussle | 112,280 | 57.15 | |
Democratic | Ann Hutchinson | 83,779 | 42.65 | |
No party | Others | 396 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 196,455 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Nussle* | 159,993 | 55.16 | |
Democratic | Bill Gluba | 125,490 | 43.26 | |
Libertarian | Mark Nelson | 2,727 | 0.94 | |
Independent
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Denny Heath | 1,756 | 0.61 | |
No party | Others | 88 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 290,054 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Bruce Braley | 114,322 | 55.06 | |||
Republican | Mike Whalen | 89,729 | 43.22 | |||
Independent
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James Hill | 2,201 | 1.06 | |||
Libertarian | Albert W. Schoeman | 1,226 | 0.59 | |||
No party | Others | 143 | 0.07 | |||
Total votes | 207,621 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
- Note: James Hill ran on the Pirate Party platform on the ballot.
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce Braley* | 186,991 | 64.56 | |
Republican | David Hartsuch | 102,439 | 35.37 | |
No party | Others | 199 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 289,629 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce Braley* | 104,428 | 49.52 | |
Republican | Ben Lange | 100,219 | 47.52 | |
Libertarian | Rob Petsche | 4,087 | 1.94 | |
Independent
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Jason A. Faulkner | 2,092 | 0.99 | |
No party | Others | 76 | 0.04 | |
Total votes | 210,902 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce Braley* | 222,422 | 54.90 | |
Republican | Ben Lange | 162,465 | 40.10 | |
Independent
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Gregory Hughes | 4,772 | 1.18 | |
Independent
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George Todd Krail II | 931 | 0.23 | |
No party | Others | 259 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 405,110 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Rod Blum | 145,383 | 51.18 | |||
Democratic | Pat Murphy | 138,335 | 48.70 | |||
No party | Others | 348 | 0.12 | |||
Total votes | 284,066 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rod Blum (incumbent) | 206,903 | 53.7 | |
Democratic | Monica Vernon | 177,403 | 46.1 | |
No party | Others | 671 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 384,977 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Abby Finkenauer | 169,496 | 50.9 | +4.8 | |
Republican | Rod Blum (incumbent) | 153,077 | 45.6 | −7.7 | |
Libertarian | Troy Hageman | 10,239 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Write-ins | 171 | 0.05 | −0.15 | ||
Majority | 16,419 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 332,983 | 100 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +12.5 |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ashley Hinson | 211,679 | 51.3 | +5.4 | |
Democratic | Abby Finkenauer (incumbent) | 200,893 | 48.7 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 10,786 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 412,572 | 100 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | 7.6 |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks (incumbent) | 162,947 | 53.3 | |
Democratic | Christina Bohannan | 142,173 | 46.6 | |
Write-in | 260 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 305,380 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting plan, setting up next decade of politics". Des Moines Register. October 2021.
- ^ Schmidt, Louis B., "The Miller-Thompson Election Contest," Iowa Journal of History and Politics 12, pp. 34-127 (Jan. 1914).
- ^ "Election Statistics". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.
- ^ "Election 2020 – Live Election Results:Iowa". CBS News.
- ^ "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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