Political party strength in Idaho facts for kids
The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Idaho:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Auditor/State Controller
- State Treasurer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Inspector of Mines
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic–Populist fusion (D/P), Democratic–Populist–Silver Republican fusion, (D/P/SR), Democratic–Silver Republican fusion (D/SR), Independent (I), Populist (P), Socialist (S), Silver Republican (SR), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||||||
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor/ Controller |
Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Insp. Mines | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House District 1 | U.S. House District 2 | ||
| 1863 | William H. Wallace (R) | no such office | William B. Daniels | no such office | John M. Bacon | Derrick S. Kenyon | no such office | no such office | no such bodies | no such offices | no such office | no electoral votes | |||
| 1864 | Caleb Lyon | C. DeWitt Smith | Benjamin F. Lamkin | Ephraim Smith | J. R. Chittenden | William H. Wallace (R) | |||||||||
| 1865 | Horace G. Gilson | Edward Dexter Holbrook (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1866 | David W. Ballard | S.R. Howlett | W. R. Bishop | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | Horace B. Lane | Edward C. Sterling | Jacob K. Shafer (D) | ||||||||||||
| William R. Bishop | |||||||||||||||
| 1868 | Daniel Cram | ||||||||||||||
| 1869 | Edward J. Curtis | ||||||||||||||
| 1870 | Samuel Bard | ||||||||||||||
| Gilman Marston | |||||||||||||||
| 1871 | Alexander H. Conner | John S. Gray | Samuel Augustus Merritt (D) | ||||||||||||
| Thomas M. Bowen | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas W. Bennett (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1872 | John Huntoon | ||||||||||||||
| 1873 | John Hailey (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| 1875 | David P. Thompson | Joseph Perrault | Thomas W. Bennett (I) | ||||||||||||
| 1876 | Mason Brayman | Stephen Southmyd Fenn (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1877 | |||||||||||||||
| 1878 | John P. Hoyt | Robert A. Sidebotham | |||||||||||||
| 1879 | George Ainslie (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | John Baldwin Neil | Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1881 | James L. Onderdonk | ||||||||||||||
| 1882 | |||||||||||||||
| 1883 | John N. Irwin | Edward L. Curtis | Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1884 | William M. Bunn | David P.B. Pride | |||||||||||||
| 1885 | Edward A. Stevenson | Edward J. Curtis | D. P. B. Pride | Silas W. Moody | Joseph Perrault | John Hailey (D) | |||||||||
| 1886 | |||||||||||||||
| 1887 | Richard Z. Johnson | J. H. Wickersham | Charlies Himrod | Silas W. Moody | Fred Dubois (R) | ||||||||||
| 1888 | |||||||||||||||
| 1889 | George Laird Shoup | Charles C. Stevenson | |||||||||||||
| 1890 | George Laird Shoup (R) | N. B. Willey (R) | |||||||||||||
| N. B. Willey (R) | John S. Gray (R) | George Laird Shoup (R) | William J. McConnell (R) | Willis Sweet (R) | |||||||||||
| 1891 | A. J. Pinkham (R) | George H. Roberts (R) | Silas W. Moody (R) | Frank R. Coffin (R) | Joseph Harroun (R) | 14R, 4D | 31R, 5D | Fred Dubois (R) | |||||||
| 1892 | James Weaver and James G. Field (P)  |
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| 1893 | William J. McConnell (R) | F. B. Willis (R) | J. F. Curtis (R) | George M. Parsons (R) | Frank C. Ramsey (R) | W. C. Hill (R) | B. B. Lower (R) | William S. Haskins | 8D, 6R, 4P | 20R, 9D, 7P | |||||
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| 1895 | F. J. Mills (R) | I. W. Garrett (R) | Charles Bunting (R) | C. A. Foresman (R) | E. H. Dewey (R) | 10R, 5P, 2D, 1I | 25R, 8P, 1D, 1I | Edgar Wilson (R) | |||||||
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D/P/SR) |
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| 1897 | Frank Steunenberg (D/P) | George F. Moore (D/P) | George Lewis (D/P) | Robert McFarland (D/P) | J. H. Anderson (D/P) | George H. Storer (D/P) | Louis Anderson (D/P) | Benjamin Hastings (D/P) | 7D, 7P, 7R | 17R, 16P, 15D | Henry Heitfeld (D/P) | James Gunn (P) | |||
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| 1899 | J. H. Hutchinson (D/SR) | M.A. Patrie (R) | S. H. Hays (D) | Bartlett Sinclair (D) | L. C. Rice (D/P/SR) | Permeal French (D) | Jay A. Czizek (D/SR) | 9R, 7D/P/SR, 3D, 2P | 17D/P/SR, 14D, 12R, 6P | Edgar Wilson (SR) | |||||
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) |
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| 1901 | Frank W. Hunt (D) | Thomas F. Terrell (D) | Charles Bassett (D/SR) | Frank Martin (D) | E. W. Jones (D/SR) | J. J. Plummer (D) | Martin Jacobs (D/P/SR) | 10D, 7R, 3P, 1SR | 20R, 16D, 7SR, 6P | Fred T. Dubois (D) | Thomas L. Glenn (P) | ||||
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| 1903 | John T. Morrison (R) | James M. Stevens (R) | Will H. Gibson (R) | John A. Bagley (R) | Theo Turner (R) | Henry C. Coffin (R) | May L. Scott (R) | Robert N. Bell (R) | 14R, 6D, 1I | 36R, 13D | Weldon B. Heyburn (R) | Burton L. French (R) | |||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks (R)  |
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| 1905 | Frank R. Gooding (R) | Burpee L. Steeves (R) | John Guheen (R) | Robert S. Bragaw (R) | 19R, 2D | 48R, 2D | |||||||||
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| 1907 | Ezra A. Burrell (R) | Robert Lansdon (R) | C. A. Hastings (R) | S. Belle Chamberlain (R) | 15R, 6D | 38R, 12D, 1I | William Edgar Borah (R) | ||||||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft and James Sherman (R) |
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| 1909 | James H. Brady (R) | Lewis H. Sweetser (R) | D. C. McDougall (R) | S. D. Taylor (R) | F. Cushing Moore (R) | 13R, 10D | 44R, 9D | Thomas Ray Hamer (R) | |||||||
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| 1911 | James H. Hawley (D) | Wilford L. Gifford (R) | O. V. Allen (R) | Grace M. Shepherd (R) | Robert N. Bell (R) | 14R, 9D | 34R, 25D | Burton L. French (R) | |||||||
| 1912 | Kirtland I. Perky (D) | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) |
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| 1913 | John M. Haines (R) | Herman H. Taylor (R) | Joseph H. Peterson (R) | Fred L. Huston (R) | 21R, 3D | 56R, 4D | James H. Brady (R) | Burton L. French (R) | Addison T. Smith (R) | ||||||
| 1914 | E. H. Dewey (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1915 | Moses Alexander (D) | George R. Barker (R) | John W. Eagleson (R) | Bernice McCoy (R) | 19R, 11D, 2Pr, 1S | 32R, 28D, 1Pr | Robert M. McCracken (R) | ||||||||
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| 1917 | Ernest L. Parker (D) | William T. Dougherty (D) | T. A. Walters (D) | Clarence Van Deusen (D) | Ethel E. Redfield (R) | 21D, 16R | 36D, 29R | Burton L. French (R) | |||||||
| 1918 | John F. Nugent (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1919 | D. W. Davis (R) | Charles C. Moore (R) | Robert O. Jones (R) | Roy L. Black (R) | Edward G. Gallett (R) | 29R, 12D | 46R, 18D | Burton L. French (R) | Addison T. Smith (R) | ||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) |
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| 1921 | Daniel F. Banks (R) | Stewart Campbell (R) | 39R, 5D | 51R, 3D | Frank R. Gooding (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1923 | Charles C. Moore (R) | H. C. Baldridge (R) | F. A. Jeter (R) | A. H. Conner (R) | Elizabeth Russum (R) | 25R, 14D, 5Pr | 37R, 22D, 6Pr | ||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes (R) |
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| 1925 | 32R, 7Pr, 5D | 45R, 12Pr, 5D | |||||||||||||
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| 1927 | H. C. Baldridge (R) | O. E. Hailey (R) | Fred E. Lukens (R) | Frank L. Stephan (R) | Byron Defenbach (R) | Mabelle McConnell Lyman (R) | 29R, 11D, 4Pr | 52R, 8Pr, 7D, 1I | |||||||
| 1928 | John W. Thomas (R) | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) |
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| 1929 | W. B. Kinne | W. D. Gillis (R) | Myrtle R. Davis (R) | 32R, 12D | 50R, 9D | ||||||||||
| O. E. Hailey (R) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1931 | C. Ben Ross (D) | G. P. Mix (D) | Fred J. Babcock (R) | George Barrett (R) | 23R, 21D | 43R, 27D | |||||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) |
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| 1933 | George E. Hill (D) | Franklin Girard (D) | Bert H. Miller (D) | Harry C. Parsons (D) | Myrtle P. Enking (D) | John W. Condie (D) | W. H. Simons (D) | 35D, 9R | 59D, 4R | James P. Pope (D) | Compton I. White (D) | Thomas C. Coffin (D) | |||
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| 1935 | G. P. Mix (D) | Arthur Campbell (D) | 36D, 8R | 53D, 6R | David Worth Clark (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1937 | Barzilla W. Clark (D) | Charles C. Gossett (D) | Ira H. Masters (D) | J. W. Taylor (D) | 33D, 11R | 50D, 9R | |||||||||
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| 1939 | C. A. Bottolfsen (R) | Donald S. Whitehead (R) | George H. Curtis (D) | Calvin W. Wright (D) | 27R, 17D | 39R, 20D | David Worth Clark (D) | Henry C. Dworshak (R) | |||||||
| 1940 | John W. Thomas (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace (D) |
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| 1941 | Chase A. Clark (D) | Charles C. Gossett (D) | Bert H. Miller (D) | C. E. Roberts (D) | 23D, 21R | 38D, 21R | |||||||||
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| 1943 | C. A. Bottolfsen (R) | Edwin Nelson (R) | 31R, 13D | 32R, 27D | |||||||||||
| 1944 | Acel H. Chatburn (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) |
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| 1945 | Charles C. Gossett (D) | Arnold Williams (D) | Ira H. Masters (D) | Frank Langley (D) | Ernest G. Hansen (D) | Ruth G. Moon (D) | G. C. Sullivan (D) | 24R, 20D | 30R, 29D | Glen H. Taylor (D) | |||||
| Arnold Williams (D) | A. R. McCabe (D) | Charles C. Gossett (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1946 | Henry C. Dworshak (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | C. A. Robins (R) | Donald S. Whitehead (R) | Cy Price (R) | Robert Ailshie (R) | N. P. Nielson (R) | Lela D. Painter (R) | Alton B. Jones (R) | George A. McDowell (R) | 31R, 13D | 42R, 17D | Abe M. Goff (R) | John C. Sanborn (R) | |||
| Robert E. Smylie (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) |
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| 1949 | 24D, 20R | 35R, 24D | Bert H. Miller (D) | Compton I. White (D) | |||||||||||
| 1950 | Henry C. Dworshak (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Leonard B. Jordan (R) | Edson H. Deal (R) | Ira H. Masters (D) | 29R, 15D | 36R, 23D | Herman Welker (R) | John Travers Wood (R) | Hamer H. Budge (R) | |||||||
| 1952 | Margaret Gilbert (R) | Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (D) |
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| 1953 | 33R, 11D | 45R, 14D | Gracie Pfost (D) | ||||||||||||
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| 1955 | Robert E. Smylie (R) | J. Berkeley Larsen (R) | Graydon W. Smith (R) | Ruth G. Moon (D) | 24R, 20D | 36R, 23D | |||||||||
| 1956 | James H. Young (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Rulon A. Swensen (R) | 25D, 19R | 32R, 27D | Frank Church (D) | |||||||||||
| 1958 | O. T. Hansen (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959 | W. E. Drevlow (D) | Arnold Williams (D) | Frank L. Benson (D) | Joe R. Williams (D) | Rulon A. Swensen (R) | D. F. Engelking (D) | George D. Fletcher (D) | 27D, 17R | 35D, 24R | ||||||
| 1960 | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) |
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| 1961 | 23R, 21D | 31R, 28D | Ralph R. Harding (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | Leonard B. Jordan (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Allan Shepard (R) | Marjorie Ruth Moon (D) | O. T. Hansen | 34R, 29D | Compton I. White, Jr. (D) | ||||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) |
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| 1965 | 25R, 19D | 42R, 37D | George V. Hansen (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | Louis E. Clapp (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Don Samuelson (R) | Jack M. Murphy (R) | Edson H. Deal (R) | 22R, 13D | 38R, 32D | James A. McClure (R) | |||||||||
| Pete T. Cenarrusa (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
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| 1969 | Robert M. Robson (R) | 20R, 15D | Orval H. Hansen (R) | ||||||||||||
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| 1971 | Cecil D. Andrus (D) | W. Anthony Park (D) | W. Carl Griner | 19R, 16D | 41R, 29D | ||||||||||
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| 1973 | 23R, 12D | 51R, 19D | James A. McClure (R) | Steve Symms (R) | |||||||||||
| 1974 | office abolished | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | John V. Evans (D) | Wayne L. Kidwell (R) | Roy F. Truby (D) | 21R, 14D | 43R, 27D | George V. Hansen (R) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) |
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| 1977 | 20R, 15D | 48R, 22D | |||||||||||||
| John V. Evans (D) | William J. Murphy (D) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1979 | Phil Batt (R) | David H. Leroy (R) | Jerry L. Evans (R) | 19R, 16D | 50R, 20D | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) |
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| 1981 | 23R, 12D | 56R, 14D | Steve Symms (R) | Larry Craig (R) | |||||||||||
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| 1983 | David H. Leroy (R) | Jim Jones (R) | 21R, 14D | 51R, 19D | |||||||||||
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| 1985 | 28R, 14D | 67R, 17D | Richard H. Stallings (D) | ||||||||||||
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| 1987 | Cecil D. Andrus (D) | Butch Otter (R) | Lydia Justice-Edwards (R) | 26R, 16D | 64R, 20D | ||||||||||
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1989 | 23R, 19D | ||||||||||||||
| J. D. Williams (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Larry EchoHawk (D) | 21R, 21D | 56R, 28D | Larry Craig (R) | Larry LaRocco (D) | ||||||||||
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1993 | 23R, 12D | 50R, 20D | Dirk Kempthorne (R) | Mike Crapo (R) | |||||||||||
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| 1995 | Phil Batt (R) | Alan G. Lance (R) | Anne C. Fox (R) | 27R, 8D | 57R, 13D | Helen P. Chenoweth (R) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) |
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| 1997 | 30R, 5D | 59R, 11D | |||||||||||||
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| 1999 | Dirk Kempthorne (R) | Ron Crane (R) | Marilyn Howard (D) | 31R, 4D | 58R, 12D | Mike Crapo (R) | Mike Simpson (R) | ||||||||
| 2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) |
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| 2001 | Jack Riggs (R) | 32R, 3D | 61R, 9D | Butch Otter (R) | |||||||||||
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| Keith Johnson (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Jim Risch (R) | Ben Ysursa (R) | Lawrence Wasden (R) | 28R, 7D | 54R, 16D | ||||||||||
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| 2005 | 57R, 13D | ||||||||||||||
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| Jim Risch (R) | Mark Ricks (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Butch Otter (R) | Jim Risch (R) | Donna Jones (R) | Tom Luna (R) | 51R, 19D | Bill Sali (R) | |||||||||
| 2008 | John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) |
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| 2009 | Brad Little (R) | 52R, 18D | Jim Risch (R) | Walt Minnick (D) | |||||||||||
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| 2011 | 57R, 13D | Raul Labrador (R) | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) |
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| 2013 | Brandon D. Woolf (R) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Lawerence Denney (R) | Sherri Ybarra (R) | 56R, 14D | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) |
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| 2017 | 29R, 6D | 59R, 11D | |||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor/ Controller |
Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Insp. Mines | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House District 1 | U.S. House District 2 | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||||||
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