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Just a few months ago, Republican strategists expressed optimism about their party’s midterm fortunes. Despite President Donald Trump's mediocre job approval rating, gas prices were falling, the stock market was surging and tax refunds were imminent. Republicans felt like they had time to turn things around before November. But the president’s war with Iran has at least stalled that momentum, Election Day creeps closer and there’s considerable doubt that Republicans can reassemble the 2024 Trump coalition.

By this point in his first term Trump’s job rating had taken a modest turn for the…

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Former Rep. Mary Peltola’s decision to run for Senate rather than governor — a race she might have dominated wire to wire — puts this race in contention for Democrats, who now have a proven fundraiser who’s shown she can win an elusive state with a cross-partisan coalition.

GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan, who fended off a well-funded challenger in 2020, is less of a household name than his headline-grabbing colleague Lisa Murkowski. That will have to change…

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Sen. Jon Husted, appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine following the election of JD Vance as vice president, has been thrust onto the biggest stage of his political career. A lifelong Ohioan who dreamed of becoming governor, Husted now must contend with a midterm environment and unpopular Republican president, while also introducing himself to voters who weren’t familiar with him as lieutenant governor or secretary…

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Voters in Illinois headed to the polls Tuesday to choose their nominees for the open Senate seat vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin and a slew of open House seats. Both the Senate seat and the four open House districts are rated Solid Democratic, so the winners of the Democratic primaries will almost certainly be in Congress next year.

All of the races saw significant spending from outside groups, most notably from a network of super PACs aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-cryptocurrency group Fairshake, and the pro-AI group Leading the Future, which combined to spend at least $35 million on advertising. 

Senate.
Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton completed a stunning come-from-behind victory over Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi in the Democratic primary, winning 40-33 percent and clearing her path to becoming the fifth Black woman elected to the Senate. Krishnamoorthi outspent Stratton nearly 10-to-1; his TV ads, which began last year, gave him an early polling lead which he did not give up until mid-February, when a pro-Stratton super PAC funded by Gov. JB Pritzker began advertising on her behalf. A $10 million anti-Stratton push from cryptocurrency group Fairshake couldn’t blunt her momentum. Rep. Robin Kelly finished third with 18 percent. Republicans nominated former state party chairman Don Tracy. Solid Democratic.

2nd District.
Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller won a comfortable 40-29 percent victory over former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in the Democratic primary to succeed Rep. Robin Kelly. Miller was backed by millions of dollars in advertising from a group tied to pro-Israel AIPAC, while Jackson, who previously held this seat before resigning and serving federal prison time, was back by pro-cryptocurrency and pro-AI interests. State Sen. Robert Peters was endorsed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressive leaders but placed a distant third with 12 percent. Solid Democratic.

7th District.
Retiring Rep. Danny Davis saw his chosen successor across the finish line as state Rep. La Shawn Ford narrowly outpaced Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, 24-21 percent, in the Democratic primary. Conyears-Ervin had benefitted from spending by groups tied to AIPAC, while Ford weathered attacks from a pro-crypocurrency group. Union leader Anthony Driver Jr. placed third with 11 percent, while progressive Kina Collins, who nearly defeated Davis in the 2022 primary, came in fourth with 10 percent. Solid Democratic.

8th District.
Former Rep. Melissa Bean, whose vote for the Affordable Care Act cost her this seat more than a decade ago, won her comeback bid with 32 percent against a fractured field. Her closest competitor, tech entrepreneur Junaid Ahmed, was backed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and a slew of progressive organizations but couldn’t fully consolidate the left lane of the primary and finished with 27 percent. Veteran Dan Tully won 12 percent, while five other candidates finished in the single digits. Bean was supported by spending from PACs aligned with AIPAC, cryptocurrency interests, and pro-AI groups. Solid Democratic.

9th District.
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss secured the Democratic nomination with 29 percent of the vote. The result itself was unremarkable — Biss runs the district’s most populous city and had an endorsement from outgoing Rep. Jan Schakowsky — but the race was anything but. AIPAC-aligned groups spent millions of dollars boosting state Sen. Laura Fine, whose position on Israel they preferred to Biss’s, who is himself the son of an Israeli immigrant. The AIPAC-aligned groups also spent money attacking a third candidate, journalist Kat Abughazaleh, who was the candidate most critical of Israel. Abughazaleh finished in second with 26 percent, while Fine won 20 percent. Progressive Bushra Amiwala, a Skokie Board of Education member, finished in sixth with 5 percent — pro-Israel groups launched a last-minute attempt to highlight her candidacy in an effort to siphon progressive votes from Biss and Abughazaleh. Solid Democratic.

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With less than eight months to go, the Republican House majority is at considerable risk. 

Historical midterm trends, President Donald Trump’s negative job rating and consistent Democratic overperformance in races around the country point to Democrats gaining at least the three seats they need to flip the House. 

Republican optimism rooted in an improving economy hit a snag with the war with Iran. There’s no evidence Trump has even started an upward climb, even though there’s technically time for his standing to improve. And even though the Democratic Party brand is very unpopular,…

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Mississippi Senate. District Attorney Scott Colom won the Democratic primary on Tuesday with 73 percent and will take on GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (81 percent in her primary) in the general election. Colom is a long-shot, but some Democratic strategists talk about Mississippi as a cheaper takeover opportunity compared…

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President Donald Trump’s nomination of GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security is big news for the president’s cabinet, but it doesn’t likely alter the fight for Oklahoma’s Senate seat — or the majority — all that much. 

Unlike the situation in Montana after GOP Sen. Steve Daines dropped out of the race, Oklahoma is likely to be more routine. According to state law, GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt will appoint a replacement, who can serve until the November election but must swear an oath that they will not seek the seat themself. 

Because the vacancy will occur in the same year that the seat was already scheduled to appear on the ballot, there will not be a separate special election to fill the seat. According to Oklahoma law, the winner of the regularly scheduled race in the fall will instead take office immediately and fill out the remaining two months of the term, rather than waiting until January to be sworn in with the other senators elected in November.

The candidate filing deadline remains on April 3, with a June 16 primary and a potential August 25 runoff, if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. 

Mullin’s appointment and likely confirmation could create a ripple effect if one or more of the five Republican members of the House delegation run in the regular election. Then there would presumably be a scramble for any open House seats left behind. 

It’s unlikely that a House member will be appointed by Stitt. That would leave Speaker Mike Johnson without a vote on the Hill until that vacancy is filled with a special election. And given law barring the appointee from running in November, a House member is unlikely to give up their seat if they can’t run for the full term. 

Oklahoma is firmly a Republican state. Sooner State voters haven't elected a Democrat to the Senate since David Boren won a third term in 1990. It’s been more than 50 years since Oklahoma voted for a Democrat for president and Trump finished ahead of Kamala Harris by 34 points in 2024. And Republicans have a 28-point Baseline advantage. Inside Elections continues to rate the race as Solid Republican. 

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Montana Sen. Steve Daines ended his re-election bid just minutes before the filing deadline Wednesday in a move coordinated with US Attorney Kurt Alme, who filed at the same time and effectively clinched the GOP nomination without any other hopefuls having the opportunity to declare for the surprise open seat.

Daines, who served two terms in the Senate and most recently led the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the 2024 cycle, had been a heavy favorite for re-election. But his surprise retirement and the unexpected elevation of Alme, a first-time candidate who also served as US Attorney for Montana during President Donald Trump’s first term, introduces some uncertainty to this otherwise sleepy race. We’re moving our rating from Solid Republican to Likely Republican.

Democratic fortunes in Montana have declined in recent years. Daines won a hotly contested second term over Gov. Steve Bullock in 2020 by 10 points. In 2024, Sen. Jon Tester lost re-election to Navy SEAL veteran Tim Sheehy, 53-46 percent; he was the last Democrat serving in statewide office in Big Sky Country. 

This cycle, however, Tester and some other Democrats are hoping to improve their fortunes by backing an independent candidate in the Senate race, former University of Montana President Seth Bodnar. The former Green Beret and Rhodes Scholar is looking to run in the mold of union leader Dan Osborn, whose independent bid for Senate in Nebraska in 2024 came up just 7 points short in the ruby red state.

But for Bodnar to have a clean shot against Alme in the general election, he’ll need to convince the eventual winner of the Democratic primary to drop their candidacy. That may be easier said than done. Former state Rep. Reilly Neil, the most prominent in a field of largely unheralded Democratic hopefuls, has been highly critical of Bodnar and his independent bid. The other Democratic candidates are Air Force veteran Alani Bankhead, Navy veteran Mike Hummert, and tribal preservation officer Michael Black Wolf; none have raised more than $20,000, while Neill raised $147,000 through the end of 2025.

If the general election ends up a three-person race, that likely ensures a victory for Alme, given that Bodnar is likely to split votes with the Democratic nominee. Two recent polls found Daines leading a three-way race by more than 20 points. 

But if Bodnar and his allies are successful in boxing out the eventual Democratic nominee, the independent may have an opportunity to make the race competitive. His profile could lend itself to national fundraising, and the optics of Daines engineering a coronation for Alme could backfire among Montanans, especially after 1st District Rep. Ryan Zinke executed a similar maneuver late last week.

The timing is an unforced error by Republicans and introduces a unique element into the race. Had Daines dropped out even a few days before the deadline, there likely wouldn’t have been the same potential backlash that Republicans could now experience.

Montana is not a critical part of the path back to the Democratic majority, which still runs through North Carolina, Maine, Alaska and Ohio. Nor has it joined the ranks of Texas and Iowa in the second tier of opportunities for the party. But a flurry of filing deadline activity has created an opening for Democrats in a year where the political winds appear to be blowing in their direction. 

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Voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas officially kicked off the 2026 election cycle with a large and exciting slate of important primaries. The matchup is officially set in one of the marquee Senate races in the country (North Carolina) and a vulnerable incumbent is still alive in another (Texas). And there’s some clarity in what the next Congress could look like as some Texas Republicans won critical primaries in solidly GOP seats and parties got closer to choosing nominees in battleground races.

North Carolina
Senate. Open; Thom Tillis, R, not seeking re-election. Trump 51%. Amidst all of the chatter about the Texas Senate race on the outskirts of the fight for the majority, the nominees are officially set in a race at the core of the battleground. Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley will face former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in the open-seat race.

The race is currently rated as a Toss-up, but it’s a must-win for Democrats if they are going to gain the four seats necessary for a majority. If Democrats don’t win the Tar Heel State, they’ll need to win three of four more Republican states: Alaska, Iowa, Ohio and Texas. Donald Trump finished ahead of Kamala Harris by 3 points in 2024, but it looks like Democrats have a slight advantage in an open seat in a swing state with a popular former statewide officeholder in a national political environment that favors Democrats. If Republicans hold North Carolina in November, it will be a very long night for Democrats.

1st District (Inland northeastern North Carolina) Don Davis, D. Trump 55%. It’s a rematch between Davis and retired Army Col. Laurie Buckhout, who lost narrowly to the congressman in 2024. Buckhout (40 percent) beat out Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck (35 percent) and state Rep. Bobby Hanig (16 percent) in a primary that turned on geography. Now the former acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy will get another shot at Davis, with the additional advantage of new congressional lines that make the 1st District more favorable to Republicans. But Democrats are eager to litigate the same attacks they used against Buckhout in the 2024 race in a more favorable political environment. Tilt Republican.

4th District (Durham and Chapel Hill areas) Valerie Foushee, D, re-elected 72%. Harris 72%. Foushee declared victory in the Democratic primary that has not been officially called by the AP. She’s approximately 1,200 votes ahead of Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam, but the race is within the 1 point threshold for a recount request. The race saw an influx of outside money in the final weeks, with progressive groups supporting Allam while pro-AI and pro-Israel donors backed Foushee. This primary is a potential warning sign for other Democratic incumbents around the country. Solid Democratic.

11th District (Western North Carolina) Chuck Edwards, R, re-elected 57%. Trump 54%. Edwards will face farmer Jamie Ager in the fall in a race Democrats are hoping to put on the map. Edwards still has some base problems, as seen by his relatively weak 70-30 percent win in the GOP primary over an unheralded opponent, but he won the nomination by a similar margin in 2024 before cruising in the general election that year. Ager will be his strongest opponent yet, and the region has shifted somewhat toward Democrats. Solid Republican.

Texas
Senate. John Cornyn (R), elected 2002 (55%), 2008 (65%), 2014 (62%), and 2020 (55%). Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton are headed to a May 26 runoff. Houston-area Rep. Wesley Hunt finished a distant third. The senator over-performed pre-election polling by a few points and may end up finishing slightly ahead of Paxton. That understates the challenge of the long-time incumbent growing his support from 42 percent to a majority in the runoff, but a first-place finish could be enough to convince President Donald Trump to endorse him. Cornyn is still very much in the race, but is probably an underdog. 

Democrats nominated state Rep. James Talarico (53 percent) over Rep. Jasmine Crockett (46 percent) without a runoff, allowing Democrats to get a head start on the general election. National Democrats are not eager to fight another war in Texas, where they’ve come up short in multiple expensive contests, but they will probably take a look based on Talarico’s nomination and the GOP fight. Likely Republican.

Governor. Greg Abbott (R), elected 2014 (59%), 2018 (56%), 2022 (55%). Abbott had no trouble securing a historic fourth nomination for governor. Democrats nominated state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, an Austin state legislator, attorney, and the daughter of longtime state party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa. She won the Democratic primary with 59 percent over former Rep. Chris Bell, but will be a heavy underdog in the general election. Abbott stockpiled $100 million in campaign cash through the end of last year and has never won by less than double digits. Solid Republican.

2nd District. Dan Crenshaw (R). Trump 61%. State Rep. Steve Toth defeated Crenshaw in the GOP primary, in a race where the margin (15 points) was more of a surprise than the ultimate outcome. Toth was endorsed by Sen. Ted Cruz and the House Freedom Caucus while Crenshaw failed to earn President Trump’s support. But the result was also about redistricting. Even though Republicans drew the new map, the new lines included Toth’s state legislative district and removed some of Crenshaw’s Harris County base. Toth should win in November. Solid Republican.

8th District (North and northwestern exurbs of Houston) Morgan Luttrell, R, not seeking re-election. Trump 63%. Jessica Steinmann, a former staffer in the first Trump administration and Sen. Ted Cruz’s office, won the GOP race with 68 percent. She had support from Cruz, Abbott and got a late endorsement from Trump. Solid Republican.

9th District (Houston suburbs) Open; Al Green, D, running in the 18th District. Trump 59%. Former Harris County judge candidate Alex Mealer (36 percent) and state Rep. Briscoe Cain (31 percent) are headed for runoff in the GOP primary. Mealer got a late endorsement from Trump while Cain had support from Abbott in this suburban Houston seat. Former Texas Rep. Steve Stockman, who was convicted in 2018 of defrauding charitable donors and misusing campaign money before Trump commuted his prison sentence in 2020, was a distant third with 17 percent. Environmental advocate Leticia Gutierrez won the Democratic primary with 54 percent. Astronaut Terry Virts, who dropped down from the Senate race, placed third with 15 percent. Even though Trump won the district handily in 2024, Beto O’Rourke carried the seat by 2 points in the 2018 Senate race, fueling some optimism among Democrats that they could win if 2026 ends up being a great Democratic year. Solid Republican.

10th District. Michael McCaul, R, not seeking re-election. Trump 58%. Attorney Chris Gober, who counts among his former clients billionaire Elon Musk, narrowly avoided a runoff for the GOP nomination, finishing with 51 percent and well ahead of second-place candidate Ben Bius. Gober had every major endorsement including Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Abbott, Cruz and the Club for Growth. This is a mostly rural district stretching from Austin to outside Houston. Solid Republican. 

15th District (McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley to the outer San Antonio metro area) Monica De La Cruz, R. Trump 58%. Tejano music star Bobby Pulido won the Democratic nomination, well ahead of emergency room physician Ada Cuellar. That sets up a competitive race against De La Cruz in a seat Republicans drew to elect a Republican, but where Democrats believe they have a chance by winning back Hispanic voters in South Texas. Likely Republican.

18th District (Parts of central and northern Houston) Christian Menefee, D/Al Green, D. Haris 69%. It looks like the congressmen are headed for the May runoff in a race that hasn’t officially been called by the AP. Menefee was just elected in a special election in the old 18th District while Green has represented the 9th District for two decades. Green represents approximately two-thirds of the newly-drawn seat while Menefee represents about a quarter of it. But Menefee is coming off of the competitive special primary election, so he is fresh in voters’ minds. An incumbent is going to lose, but the unique circumstances mean it won’t fit neatly into any anti-incumbent narrative. Solid Democratic.

19th District (West Texas) Open; Jodey Arrington, R, not seeking re-election. Trump 75%. Lubbock businessman Tom Sell is advancing to the May GOP runoff but his opponent is not yet known. Sell received 40 percent and had the backing of billionaire Texas Tech University booster Cody Campbell. Meanwhile, it’s a close race for the second spot. Abraham Enriquez, the head of Bienvenido US who had Abbott’s support, is at 18.8 percent, while roofing CEO “Fat Matt” Smith is at 18.5 percent. Whoever eventually wins the GOP nomination will be a member of Congress. Solid Republican. 

21st District. Open; Chip Roy, R, running for Texas attorney general. Trump 60%. Former Texas Ranger/New York Yankee’s first baseman Mark Teixeira won the GOP primary with 61 percent. He was endorsed by Trump, Abbott, Johnson and the Club for Growth and spent at least $2.5 million of his own money. Trey Trainor gave up his chairmanship of the Federal Election Commission to finish third with 9 percent. The Republican-friendly district stretches west from the bustling Austin-San Antonio corridor into the rural Hill Country. Solid Republican.

22nd District. Open; Troy Nehls, R, not seeking re-election. Trump 58%. Unsurprisingly, former Fort Bend County constable Trever Nehls won the GOP nomination and is the heavy favorite to win the general election in this suburban Houston district. Nehls is the identical twin brother of outgoing GOP Rep. Troy Nehls and had President Trump’s endorsement. Solid Republican.

23rd District (San Antonio suburbs to El Paso suburbs) Tony Gonzales, R. Trump 57%. After an extremely close runoff in 2024, it looks like Gonzales and gun rights activist Brandon Herrera are headed for a runoff rematch this May. But this time there’s an extra level of drama after allegations that Gonzales had an affair with an aide, who ended up committing suicide by lighting herself on fire. Some Republicans on the Hill have called for Gonzales to resign or drop out of the race, while others had hoped primary voters would finish off the congressman. But he still has a chance to win and this issue isn’t going away for Republicans anytime soon. It’s not clear whether attorney Katy Padilla Stout will win the Democratic nomination without a runoff, but whoever is the nominee will suddenly get a lot of attention because Republicans will have a flawed nominee. Solid Republican, for now. 

28th District (Laredo and eastern San Antonio suburbs) Henry Cuellar, D. Trump 55%. Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina easily won the GOP primary with 74 percent, giving Republicans their top recruit in the race. He’ll face Cuellar, who won his Democratic primary with an underwhelming 58 percent on Tuesday. But President Trump complicated the race last year when he pardoned Cuellar, who was under indictment on corruption charges. Trump clearly thought Cuellar would respond by switching parties or doing something that would benefit Republicans, but that didn’t happen. Republicans are undeterred by that drama because they know the ethics charges weren’t enough to defeat him in the past and they are excited about Tijerina, a former Democrat. This is one of the most competitive races in the country. Tilt Democratic.

29th District (North Houston) Sylvia Garcia, D. Harris 60%. Garcia won renomination with 59 percent in a Democratic primary that was complicated by redistricting. While the Houston district has a Hispanic majority, the Black population almost doubled. Former state Rep. Jarvis Johnson finished second with 35 percent. Solid Democratic.

30th District (Southern Dallas) Open; Jasmine Crockett, D, ran for Senate. Harris 73%. Pastor Frederick Haynes III won the Democratic primary with 72 percent in the race to succeed Crockett. It’s one of the few remaining Democratic seats in Texas after the Republicans’ redraw. Solid Democratic. 

32nd District (Dallas Suburbs and east Texas) Open; Julie Johnson, D, not running in this district. Trump 58%. Air Force veteran Jace Yarbrough finished well ahead of the crowded field with 49 percent, but the race might still go to a runoff. Yarbrough had endorsements from Trump, Abbott, Speaker Johnson and the Freedom Caucus. Pastor and wealthy former presidential candidate Ryan Binkley is second with 22 percent. Solid Republican.

33rd District (Downtown Dallas) Julie Johnson, D, elected 2024 in a different district. Harris 65%. Former Rep. Collin Allred leads Rep. Johnson 45-34 percent. There was some confusion and controversy surrounding voting and counting votes in Dallas County, but the race is going to a May runoff. Allred spent most of last year running for the Senate but dropped out of that race (and into this race) when Crockett announced her run for the Senate. The runoff will not be friendly but ultimately, the seat will stay in Democratic hands in November. Solid Democratic. 

34th District (Eastern Rio Grande Valley) Vicente Gonzalez, D. Trump 55%. Army veteran and former federal prosecutor Eric Flores defeated former Rep. Mayra Flores 57-24 percent in the GOP primary. Even though Mayra Flores is a former member who was once highlighted by the national party, the GOP establishment is ready to turn the page after her second loss in 2024. Eric Flores looks poised to take on Gonzalez in one of the most competitive House races in the country. Trump finished ahead of Harris by 10 points, but it looks like Republicans’ hold on Hispanic voters in South Texas has slipped over the last year. Toss-up.

35th District (San Antonio suburbs) Open; Greg Casar, D, running in 37th District. Trump 55%. State Rep. John Lujan (33 percent) and Air Force veteran Carlos De La Cruz (27 percent) are headed to the May GOP runoff. Lujan was supported by Abbott while De La Cruz, who is the brother of Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz, got a late endorsement from Trump. Republicans redrew the district to elect a Republican but Democrats haven’t thrown in the towel and think the district’s large Hispanic population gives them an opportunity. Family therapist Maureen Galindo (29 percent) and police officer Johnny Garcia (27 percent) look to be headed to the May runoff. Likely Republican.

38th District (Houston Suburbs) Open; Wesley Hunt, R, running for Senate. Trump 60%. Mortgage broker John Bonck is well ahead of the rest of the GOP field with 47 percent, but that’s not enough to avoid a runoff. West Houston Airport president Shelly DeZevallos is a distant second with 19 percent. The Club for Growth spent $2.8 million for Bonck in the initial race. Solid Republican.

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The Texas primary feels bigger than ever. While the November elections are still eight months away, more than a dozen consequential primaries in the Lone Star State are rapidly approaching.

At the top of the ticket, a longtime Senate incumbent, Republican John Cornyn, is struggling to win renomination in a primary dominated by questions about President Donald Trump’s influence and the broader evolution of the GOP. Democrats are also grappling with an identity crisis in their own primary for Senate.

But farther down the ballot, the competition is just as intense. The Trump-backed redrawing of the state’s…

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