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| election2 = January 11, 2021
| election2 = January 11, 2021
| leader3_type = Majority Leader
| leader3_type = Majority Leader
| leader3 = [[Kate Lieber]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| leader3 = [[Kathleen Taylor (politician)|Kathleen Taylor]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| election3 = January 9, 2023
| election3 = July 15, 2024
| leader4_type = Minority Leader
| leader4_type = Minority Leader
| leader4 = [[Tim Knopp]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| leader4 = [[Daniel Bonham]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| election4 = October 22, 2021
| election4 = April 15, 2024
| term_length = 4 years
| term_length = 4 years
| authority = Article IV, [[Oregon Constitution]]
| authority = Article IV, [[Oregon Constitution]]
| salary = $21,612/year + per diem
| salary = $21,612/year + per diem
| members = 30
| members = 30
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|structure1 = 2024 Oregon Senate Composition.svg
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*'''Majority'''
*'''Majority'''
*{{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party of Oregon|Democratic]] (17)
*{{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party of Oregon|Democratic]] (16)
*'''Minority'''
*'''Minority'''
*{{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Oregon Republican Party|Republican]] (11)
*{{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Oregon Republican Party|Republican]] (12)
*'''Others'''
*'''Others'''
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent Republican (US)}}|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Independent Republican (United States)|Ind. Republican]]&nbsp;(1)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/06/senate-gop-tensions-are-front-and-center-with-new-bill/|title = Oregon Senate GOP tensions are front and center with new bill}}</ref>
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent Republican (US)}}|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Independent Republican (United States)|Ind. Republican]]&nbsp;(1)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/06/senate-gop-tensions-are-front-and-center-with-new-bill/|title = Oregon Senate GOP tensions are front and center with new bill}}</ref>
* Vacant (1)
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent (US)}}|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Independent Party of Oregon|IPO]]&nbsp;(1)}}
}}
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| last_election1 = [[2022 Oregon State Senate election|November 8, 2022]]<br>(14 seats)
| next_election1 = [[2024 Oregon Senate election|November 5, 2024]]<br/>(16 seats)
| last_election1 = [[2022 Oregon State Senate election|November 8, 2022]]<br>(16 seats)
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| next_election1 = [[2024 Oregon Senate election|November 5, 2024]]<br/>(15 seats)
| redistricting = Legislative Control
| redistricting = Legislative Control
| meeting_place = State Senate Chamber<br>[[Oregon State Capitol]]<br>[[Salem, Oregon|Salem]], Oregon
| meeting_place = State Senate Chamber<br>[[Oregon State Capitol]]<br>[[Salem, Oregon|Salem]], Oregon
| website = [https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate Oregon State Senate]
| website = [https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate Oregon State Senate]
}}
}}
[[File:Oregon Senate (2023).svg|alt=|thumb|Current map of senators by party affiliation]]
[[File:2024 Oregon Senate Composition.svg|alt=|thumb|Current map of senators by party affiliation]]
The '''Oregon State Senate''' is the [[upper house]] of the [[State legislature (United States)|statewide]] legislature for the US state of [[Oregon]]. Along with the lower chamber [[Oregon House of Representatives]] it makes up the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]. There are 30 members of the state Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 141,242.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senate Home|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.oregonlegislature.gov}}</ref> The state Senate meets in the east wing of the [[Oregon State Capitol]] in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]].
The '''Oregon State Senate''' is the [[upper house]] of the [[State legislature (United States)|statewide]] legislature for the US state of [[Oregon]]. Along with the lower chamber [[Oregon House of Representatives]] it makes up the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]. There are 30 members of the state Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 141,242.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senate Home|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.oregonlegislature.gov}}</ref> The state Senate meets in the east wing of the [[Oregon State Capitol]] in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]].


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'''Senate President''': [[Rob Wagner (politician)|Rob Wagner]] (D-19 [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]])<br />
'''Senate President''': [[Rob Wagner (politician)|Rob Wagner]] (D-19 [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]])<br />
'''President Pro Tempore''': [[James Manning Jr.]] (D–7 [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]])<br />
'''President Pro Tempore''': [[James Manning Jr.]] (D–7 [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]])<br />
'''Majority Leader''': [[Kate Lieber]] (D-14 [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]])<br />
'''Majority Leader''': [[Kathleen Taylor (politician)|Kathleen Taylor]] (D-21 [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]])<br />
'''Minority Leader''': [[Tim Knopp]] (R-27 [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]])<br />
'''Minority Leader''': [[Daniel Bonham]] (R-26 [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]])<br />


{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| [[Oregon's 5th Senate district|5]] || [[Dick Anderson (Oregon politician)|Dick Anderson]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || [[Lincoln City, Oregon|Lincoln City]] || 2021
| [[Oregon's 5th Senate district|5]] || [[Dick Anderson (Oregon politician)|Dick Anderson]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || [[Lincoln City, Oregon|Lincoln City]] || 2021
|-
|-
| [[Oregon's 6th Senate district|6]] || [[Cedric Ross Hayden|Cedric Hayden]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || [[Fall Creek, Oregon|Fall Creek]] || 2023
| [[Oregon's 6th Senate district|6]] || [[Cedric Ross Hayden|Cedric Hayden]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || Fall Creek || 2023
|-
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| [[Oregon's 7th Senate district|7]] || [[James Manning Jr.]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic || Eugene || 2017{{efn|name=appointeds}}
| [[Oregon's 7th Senate district|7]] || [[James Manning Jr.]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic || Eugene || 2017{{efn|name=appointeds}}
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| [[Oregon's 11th Senate district|11]] || [[Kim Thatcher]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || [[Keizer, Oregon|Keizer]] || 2015
| [[Oregon's 11th Senate district|11]] || [[Kim Thatcher]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || [[Keizer, Oregon|Keizer]] || 2015
|-
|-
| [[Oregon's 12th Senate district|12]] || [[Brian Boquist]] || {{Party shading/Independent}}| Independent || [[Dallas, Oregon|Dallas]] || 2009
| [[Oregon's 12th Senate district|12]] || [[Brian Boquist]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}| Republican || [[Dallas, Oregon|Dallas]] || 2009
|-
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| [[Oregon's 13th Senate district|13]] || [[Aaron Woods (politician)|Aaron Woods]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic || [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]] || 2023
| [[Oregon's 13th Senate district|13]] || [[Aaron Woods (politician)|Aaron Woods]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic || [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]] || 2023
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| [[Oregon's 14th Senate district|14]] || [[Kate Lieber]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic || [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] || 2021
| [[Oregon's 14th Senate district|14]] || [[Kate Lieber]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic || [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] || 2021
|-
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| [[Oregon's 15th Senate district|15]] || [[Janeen Sollman]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic ||[[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] || 2022
| [[Oregon's 15th Senate district|15]] || [[Janeen Sollman]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic ||[[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] || 2022{{efn|name=appointeds|Senator was originally appointed.}}
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| [[Oregon's 16th Senate district|16]]|| [[Suzanne Weber]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican || [[Tillamook, Oregon|Tillamook]]|| 2023
| [[Oregon's 16th Senate district|16]]|| [[Suzanne Weber]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican || [[Tillamook, Oregon|Tillamook]]|| 2023
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| [[Oregon's 17th Senate district|17]]|| [[Elizabeth Steiner]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]|| 2012{{efn|name=appointeds}}
| [[Oregon's 17th Senate district|17]]|| Vacant || || ||
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| [[Oregon's 18th Senate district|18]]|| [[Wlnsvey Campos]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic || [[Aloha, Oregon|Aloha]] || 2023
| [[Oregon's 18th Senate district|18]]|| [[Wlnsvey Campos]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic || [[Aloha, Oregon|Aloha]] || 2023
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[2022 Oregon State Senate election]]
* [[2022 Oregon State Senate election]]
* [[List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Oregon Legislative Assembly|Senate]]
[[Category:Oregon State Senate| ]]
[[Category:State upper houses in the United States]]
[[Category:State upper houses in the United States]]
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[[Category:Oregon state senators| ]]

Latest revision as of 00:50, 9 November 2024

Oregon State Senate
Oregon Legislative Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 9, 2023
Leadership
Rob Wagner (D)
since January 9, 2023
President pro tempore
James Manning Jr. (D)
since January 11, 2021
Majority Leader
Kathleen Taylor (D)
since July 15, 2024
Minority Leader
Daniel Bonham (R)
since April 15, 2024
Structure
Seats30
Political groups
  • Majority
  •   Democratic (16)
  • Minority
  •   Republican (12)
  • Others
  •   Ind. Republican (1)[1]
  • Vacant (1)
Length of term
4 years
AuthorityArticle IV, Oregon Constitution
Salary$21,612/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2022
(16 seats)
Next election
November 5, 2024
(15 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative Control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber
Oregon State Capitol
Salem, Oregon
Website
Oregon State Senate
Current map of senators by party affiliation

The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 141,242.[2] The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

Oregon, along with Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, is one of the five U.S. states to not have the office of the lieutenant governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and for the United States Congress (with the vice president) is the head of the legislative body and holder of the casting vote in the event of a tie. Instead, a separate position of Senate president is in place, removed from the state executive branch. If the chamber is tied, legislators must devise their own methods of resolving the impasse. In the 72nd Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2003, for example, Oregon's state senators entered into a power sharing contract whereby Democratic senators nominated the Senate President while Republican senators chaired key committees.[3]

Like certain other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the United States Senate, the state Senate can confirm or reject the governor's appointments to state departments, commissions, boards, and other state governmental agencies.

The current Senate president is Rob Wagner of Lake Oswego.[4]

Membership and qualifications

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Oregon state senators serve four-year terms without term limits. In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down the decade-old Oregon Ballot Measure 3, that had restricted state senators to two terms (eight years) on procedural grounds.[5]

According to the Oregon Constitution, two-thirds of senators are required to form a quorum. Republican senators have used this rule to block legislation by absenting themselves.[6] In response to this practice, Oregon Ballot Measure 113 was passed in 2022 to disqualify members with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term. However, a Republican walkout went for six weeks during the 82nd Assembly in May and June 2023, the longest ever.[7][8]

Milestones

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Kathryn Clarke was the first woman to serve in Oregon's Senate. Women became eligible to run for the Oregon state legislature in 1914 and later that year Clarke was appointed to fill a vacant seat in Douglas county by her cousin, governor Oswald West. Following some controversy concerning whether West had the authority to appoint someone to fill the vacancy, Clarke campaigned and was elected by voters in 1915.[9] She took office five years before Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution protected the right of all American women to vote.

In 1982, Mae Yih became the first Chinese-American elected to a state senate in the United States.

Composition

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Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Session Democratic Republican Ind. Party Vacant
End of 75th Assembly (2010) 18 12 0 0 30 0
76th Assembly (2011–2012) 16 14 0 0 30 0
77th Assembly (2013–2014) 16 14 0 0 30 0
78th Assembly (2015–2016) 18 12 0 0 30 0
79th Assembly (2017–2018) 17 13 0 0 30 0
80th Assembly (2019–2021) 18 12 0 0 30 0
81st Assembly (2021–2023)[a] 18 12 0 30 0
January 15, 2021[b] 11 0 1
April 2021[c] 10 1
December 15, 2021[d] 17 29 1
Begin 82nd (2023–present) 17 11 1 1 30 0
January 1, 2023[e] 10 29 1
January 11, 2023[f] 11 30 0
Latest voting share 57% 37% 7%

82nd Senate

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Main article: 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly

The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly, which holds its regular session from 2023 to 2025, has the following leadership:

Senate President: Rob Wagner (D-19 Lake Oswego)
President Pro Tempore: James Manning Jr. (D–7 Eugene)
Majority Leader: Kathleen Taylor (D-21 Portland)
Minority Leader: Daniel Bonham (R-26 The Dalles)

District Senator Party Residence Assumed office
1 David Brock Smith Republican Port Orford 2023[g]
2 Art Robinson Republican[h] Cave Junction 2021
3 Jeff Golden Democratic Ashland 2019
4 Floyd Prozanski Democratic Eugene 2003
5 Dick Anderson Republican Lincoln City 2021
6 Cedric Hayden Republican Fall Creek 2023
7 James Manning Jr. Democratic Eugene 2017[g]
8 Sara Gelser Blouin Democratic Corvallis 2015
9 Fred Girod Republican Stayton 2008[g]
10 Deb Patterson Democratic Salem 2021
11 Kim Thatcher Republican Keizer 2015
12 Brian Boquist Republican Dallas 2009
13 Aaron Woods Democratic Wilsonville 2023
14 Kate Lieber Democratic Beaverton 2021
15 Janeen Sollman Democratic Hillsboro 2022[g]
16 Suzanne Weber Republican Tillamook 2023
17 Vacant
18 Wlnsvey Campos Democratic Aloha 2023
19 Rob Wagner Democratic Lake Oswego 2018[g]
20 Mark Meek Democratic Gladstone 2023
21 Kathleen Taylor Democratic Portland 2017
22 Lew Frederick Democratic 2017
23 Michael Dembrow Democratic 2013[g]
24 Kayse Jama Democratic 2021[g]
25 Chris Gorsek Democratic Troutdale 2021
26 Daniel Bonham Republican The Dalles 2023
27 Tim Knopp Republican Bend 2013
28 Dennis Linthicum Republican Klamath Falls 2017
29 Bill Hansell Republican Athena 2013
30 Lynn Findley Republican Vale 2020[g]

82nd Senate Committee Assignments

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Senators are each assigned to one or more committees.[14]

Conduct

  • Dick Anderson - Co-Chair
  • Floyd Prozanski – Co-Chair
  • Suzanne Weber
  • Aaron Woods
  • Michael Dembrow
  • Lynn Findley
  • Jeff Golden
  • Bill Hansell
  • Tim Knopp
  • Deb Patterson

Education

  • Michael Dembrow – Chair
  • Suzanne Weber – Vice-Chair
  • Dick Anderson
  • Lew Frederick
  • Sara Gelser Blouin
  • Art Robinson
  • Rob Wagner

Energy and Environment

  • Janeen Sollman – Chair
  • Lynn Findley – Vice-Chair
  • Jeff Golden
  • Cedric Hayden
  • Kate Lieber

Finance and Revenue

  • Mark Meek – Chair
  • Brian Boquist – Vice-Chair
  • Lynn Findley
  • Jeff Golden
  • Kayse Jama

Health Care

  • Deb Patterson – Chair
  • Cedric Hayden – Vice-Chair
  • Daniel Bonham
  • Wlnsvey Campos
  • Chris Gorsek

Housing and Development

  • Kayse Jama – Chair
  • Dick Anderson – Vice-Chair
  • Tim Knopp
  • Deb Patterson
  • Janeen Sollman

Human Services

  • Sara Gelser Blouin – Chair
  • Art Robinson – Vice-Chair
  • James Manning Jr.
  • Floyd Prozanski
  • Suzanne Weber

Judiciary

  • Floyd Prozanski – Chair
  • Kim Thatcher – Vice-Chair
  • Michael Dembrow
  • Sara Gelser Blouin
  • Dennis Linthicum
  • James Manning Jr.

Labor and Business

  • Kathleen Taylor – Chair
  • Daniel Bonham – Vice-Chair
  • Bill Hansell
  • Kayse Jama
  • Deb Patterson

Natural Resources

  • Jeff Golden – Chair
  • Fred Girod – Vice-Chair
  • Floyd Prozanski
  • David Brock Smith
  • Kathleen Taylor

Rules

  • Kate Lieber – Chair
  • Tim Knopp – Vice-Chair
  • Bill Hansell
  • James Manning Jr.
  • Elizabeth Steiner

Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs

  • James Manning Jr. - Chair
  • Kim Thatcher – Vice-Chair
  • Chris Gorsek
  • Art Robinson
  • Aaron Woods

Past composition of the Senate

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Main article: Political party strength in Oregon

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Intersession, on January 4, 2021, Democrat Shemia Fagan (District 24) resigned to become Secretary of State of Oregon. On January 6, Democrat Kayse Jama was appointed to fill the seat.
  2. ^ Republican Brian Boquist (District 12) changed his party registration from Republican to Independent Party of Oregon.[10]
  3. ^ Senator Art Robinson (District 2) left the Republican caucus in order to caucus with Boquist.
  4. ^ Democrat Betsy Johnson (District 16) resigned to focus on her run for governor.[11]
  5. ^ Republican Dallas Heard (District 1) resigned.[12]
  6. ^ Republican David Brock Smith (District 1) was appointed.[13]
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Senator was originally appointed.
  8. ^ Senator Robinson is not a member of the Republican caucus.

References

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  1. ^ "Oregon Senate GOP tensions are front and center with new bill".
  2. ^ "Senate Home". www.oregonlegislature.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  3. ^ National Conference of State Legislatures. "In Case of a Tie..." Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  4. ^ Oregon Blue Book: Senate Presidents of Oregon
  5. ^ Green, Ashbel S.; Lisa Grace Lednicer (January 17, 2006). "State high court strikes term limits". Oregonian. Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing. pp. A1.
  6. ^ "Republican Oregon state senators boycott for a 2nd day, preventing quorum". PBS. May 4, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  7. ^ Giardinelli, Christina (June 5, 2023). "Oregon Republicans say ballot measure barring absent lawmakers has loophole". KTVL. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  8. ^ Lugo, Dianne (June 15, 2023). "Oregon lawmakers make deal on gun, abortion, LGBTQ bills to end longest walkout in state history". Register Guard. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  9. ^ Kimberly Jensen. "Kathryn Clarke". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
  10. ^ "Oregon Senate Republicans walk out for 3rd straight year, citing governor's COVID-19 restrictions". oregonlive. February 25, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  11. ^ The Associated Press (December 14, 2021). "Longtime state Sen. Betsy Johnson to resign to focus on independent run for Oregon governor". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  12. ^ Shumway, Julia (December 15, 2022). "Oregon state Sen. Dallas Heard will resign Jan. 1". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  13. ^ Battaglia, Roman (January 12, 2023). "David Brock Smith appointed to fill southwest Oregon state Senate seat". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  14. ^ "Senate Committee Selection". OregonLegislature.gov.
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