In the Pennsylvania 6th congressional district election, incumbent RepublicanJim Gerlach defeated Democratic opponent Lois Murphy by a 50.7%–49.3% margin to secure a third term. This was a rematch of the 2004 election, when Gerlach defeated Murphy by a similarly close margin.[2] In the primary election, Gerlach was unopposed and Lois Murphy defeated developer Mike Leibowitz.[3]
The race was one of the most competitive in the nation, with CQPolitics.comrating the race as highly competitive with "No Clear Favorite." The Cook Political Report rated the race "Republican Toss Up"[4] and Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball rated this as one of the top fifty most competitive House races in the nation, and was the first one he predicted a turnover in.[5] The candidates participated in two debates in October. The first, sponsored by the AARP focused on Social Security, healthcare, Iraq, and taxes.[6][7][8] The second debate, airing on WPVI, focused on Iraq.[9] Murphy outspent Gerlach by a margin of $4,097,663 to $3,492,402.[10]
Prior to the primary election, Iraq war veteran Bryan Lentz agreed to drop his bid for the seat held by Weldon, instead running for a Pennsylvania state legislature seat, a move brokered by Governor Ed Rendell. Lentz had raised about $125,000 for his congressional campaign. Haverford Democrat Paul Scoles, who ran poorly funded race against Weldon in 2004, also backed out in early February, throwing his support behind Sestak.[11]
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, covering the suburbs west of Philadelphia, was one of the districts where John Kerry outpolled Bush in the 2004 election, which nonetheless elected a Republican to the House. As such, it became the target of Democratic strategists; in 2006 the Democrats fielded a much stronger and vastly better-funded challenger.[12] On October 13, the media reported that Weldon and his daughter were being investigated by the FBI[13][14] for their involvement with two Russian energy companies and a Serbian company connected with Slobodan Milosevic. The investigation focuses on the lobbying firm Solutions North America owned and run by daughter Karen Weldon and local Republican operative Charlie Sexton, which was hired for $1 million, and whether Weldon was involved in obtaining the contracts or was lobbied by his daughter's firm. Three days later, FBI agents raided the home of Weldon's daughter, Karen, as well as five other locations of Weldon associates in Pennsylvania and Florida as part of the investigation.[15][16] On October 17, 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Weldon "acknowledged yesterday that he was under investigation."[17]
On October 13, 2006, CQPolitics changed their rating on the race, from "Leans Republican" to the highly competitive "No Clear Favorite."[18] This was the second time CQPolitics changed its rating in the match-up; in July, it reclassified the race from "Republican Favored" to the more competitive "Leans Republican." They subsequently noted, however, that this change was made the day before the media reported that the FBI was investigating Weldon and his daughter. Shortly after the raid, CQPolitics.com changed their rating on this race for a third time, this time from "No Clear Favorite" to "Leans Democratic".[19] On October 6, 2006, the non-partisan Cook Political Report re-rated the race from "Lean Republican" to the more competitive "Toss Up."[4]Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, in late June, rated as one of the top thirty most competitive House races in the nation. Sabato has said that "Weldon has deep roots in this district, but his persistence on the issue of finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has struck more than several observers as unusual."[20]
CQPolitics noted that "[a]t the outset of the 2006 midterm campaign cycle, it would have been difficult to identify a more politically 'safe' member than Pennsylvania Rep. Don Sherwood. A four-term Republican from the strongly conservative 10th District in northeastern Pennsylvania, Sherwood had run unchallenged by Democrats in 2002 and 2004."[23] But, he "enters the general election campaign in a weakened position mostly because of his extramarital relationship with a young woman, to which he publicly admitted last year. Sherwood, though, adamantly denied the woman's charges that he also physically abused her. A lawsuit brought by the woman against Sherwood was later settled."[24]
On May 15, 2006, Sherwood survived a "surprisingly strong challenge" in the Republican primary from Kathy Scott, a political newcomer.[25] Sherwood received 56% of the vote. CQPolitics reported that his "mediocre showing" could be attributed to the admitted affair.[26] Scott did not file a report with the FEC, which indicates that she spent less than $5,000 in her campaign.[27] His small margin of victory came despite the fact that, prior to the primary, Pennsylvania SenatorRick Santorum endorsed Sherwood and recorded an automated telephone call on Sherwood's behalf,[27] as did PresidentGeorge W. Bush.[28]
Sherwood's continuing problems resulting from the extramarital affair and Carney's nationally famous ads about it (in which actual residents of the district accuse Sherwood of having "no family values"), as well as polls that showed him 7 to 9 points behind, compelled Sherwood to respond with a television ad in which he directly apologized to voters for the affair, denied the allegations of physical abuse, and promised to continue what he said was his effective representation of the district if the voters were to forgive and re-elect him. However, the initial 2005 news about Sherwood admitting to an affair and being accused of choking the woman as well as the well-recognized Carney ads, which were described by the Associated Press as "hard-hitting", stuck with Sherwood's name throughout the campaign. Fallout for Sherwood continued, including charges that he voted against an increase in the minimum wage while hiking his own congressional income, a claim which the Congressman denounced as "bullshit", and for voting for the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which Carney said "sent Pennsylvanian jobs overseas." Sherwood fought back by labeling Carney a "liar" for the minimum wage charges and subsequently accused Carney of being a "liberal" for supposedly supporting tax increases. Carney shot back, accusing Sherwood of supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, while depriving the middle-class. Carol Sherwood, the Congressman's wife, wrote a letter to registered Republicans in the 10th District in which she lambasted Carney as someone who "gets some pleasure out of hurting our family" and stated that "I am certainly not condoning the mistake Don made, but I am not going to dwell on either." Simultaneously, President Bush made a visit to the area in October to Keystone College in La Plume Township, Pennsylvania to endorse Sherwood's run, a move which many believe might have hurt Sherwood when given Bush's declining popularity both nationwide and in the district. Bush supported Sherwood as "the right man to represent this district", to which the President drew uncertain applause from the audience, which included several empty tables. Coincidentally, Bush had deemed the week that he flew to Pennsylvania to help Sherwood as "National Character Counts Week", which propelled Carney to blast Bush as a hypocrite, stating he could not comprehend how President Bush could both endorse moral values and campaign for the affair-laden Sherwood in the same week. Simultaneously, Sherwood's campaign took a boost from a local newspaper, Times Leader, which ran a front-page headline in late October in which it accused Carney of "misrepresenting" quotes that were included in a Times Leader editorial page about Sherwood's extramarital affair. Meanwhile, Carney took pages from the Republican playbook by using the same tactics the GOP uses against Democrats to attack Sherwood, accusing the Congressman of having a "pre-9/11 mentality" on port security and of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants, referring to President Bush's guest worker program for illegal immigration. Despite endorsements from Vice President Cheney, President Bush, and U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, Sherwood's campaign was surprisingly beaten in the financial spending wars by the Carney campaign. In the closing days of the campaign, last-minute news about new developments in a 2005 $500,000 deal with Sherwood's former mistress and accuser helped boost Carney, who had consistently played the trump card of "honor", "integrity", and "family values" in his campaign. Many voters also resonated with Carney's vague yet inspiring vow "to make Pennsylvania proud", a slogan that became very familiar to the 10th District, as well as his impressive record as a senior terrorism advisor in the Pentagon and his Navy service.[23]
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The 2006 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania s delegation to the United States House of Representatives which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7 2006 1 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania 2004 November 7 2006 2006 11 07 2008 All 19 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives Majority party Minority party Party Democratic RepublicanLast election 7 12Seats won 11 8Seat change 4 4Popular vote 2 229 091 1 732 163Percentage 55 57 43 18 Swing 6 86 6 7 Congressional District ResultsCounty resultsDemocratic 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Republican 50 60 60 70 70 80 Contents 1 General election 1 1 Overview 1 2 1st Congressional district 1 3 2nd Congressional District 1 4 3rd Congressional district 1 5 4th Congressional district 1 6 5th Congressional district 1 7 6th Congressional district 1 8 7th Congressional district 1 9 Endorsements 1 10 8th Congressional district 1 11 Endorsements 1 12 9th Congressional district 1 13 10th Congressional district 1 14 11th Congressional district 1 15 12th Congressional district 1 16 13th Congressional district 1 17 14th Congressional district 1 18 15th Congressional district 1 19 16th Congressional district 1 20 17th Congressional district 1 21 18th Congressional district 1 22 19th Congressional district 2 See also 3 ReferencesGeneral election editOverview edit United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania 2006Party Votes Percentage Seats Before Seats After Democratic 2 229 091 55 57 7 11 4Republican 1 732 163 43 18 12 8 4Green 33 287 0 83 0 0 0Constitution 8 706 0 22 0 0 0Independent 7 958 0 20 0 0 0Totals 4 011 205 100 00 19 19 1st Congressional district edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 1st congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert A Brady 137 987 100 02nd Congressional District edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 2nd congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Chaka Fattah 165 867 88 6Republican Michael Gessner 17 291 9 2Green David G Baker 4 125 2 23rd Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 3rd congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Phil English Steven PorterParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 108 525 85 110Percentage 53 6 42 1 nbsp County results English 50 60 60 70 Porter 40 50 U S Representative before electionPhil EnglishRepublican Elected U S Representative Phil EnglishRepublicanIncumbent Representative Phil English was re elected with 53 6 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 3rd congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Phil English 108 525 53 6Democratic Steven Porter 85 110 42 1Constitution Timothy J Hagberg 8 706 4 34th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 4th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Jason Altmire Melissa HartParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 131 847 122 049Percentage 51 9 48 1 nbsp County results Altmire 50 60 60 70 70 80 Hart 50 60 60 70 U S Representative before electionMelissa HartRepublican Elected U S Representative Jason AltmireDemocraticIncumbent U S Representative Melissa Hart was defeated by healthcare lobbyist Jason Altmire taking 48 1 of the vote to Altmire s 51 9 General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 4th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jason Altmire 131 847 51 9Republican Melissa Hart 122 049 48 15th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 5th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee John E Peterson Donald L HilliardParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 115 126 76 456Percentage 60 1 39 9 nbsp County results Peterson 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S Representative before electionJohn E PetersonRepublican Elected U S Representative John E PetersonRepublicanIncumbent Representative John E Peterson was re elected with 60 1 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 5th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican John E Peterson 115 126 60 1Democratic Donald L Hilliard 76 456 39 96th Congressional district edit In the Pennsylvania 6th congressional district election incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach defeated Democratic opponent Lois Murphy by a 50 7 49 3 margin to secure a third term This was a rematch of the 2004 election when Gerlach defeated Murphy by a similarly close margin 2 In the primary election Gerlach was unopposed and Lois Murphy defeated developer Mike Leibowitz 3 The race was one of the most competitive in the nation with CQPolitics comrating the race as highly competitive with No Clear Favorite The Cook Political Report rated the race Republican Toss Up 4 and Larry Sabato s Crystal Ball rated this as one of the top fifty most competitive House races in the nation and was the first one he predicted a turnover in 5 The candidates participated in two debates in October The first sponsored by the AARP focused on Social Security healthcare Iraq and taxes 6 7 8 The second debate airing on WPVI focused on Iraq 9 Murphy outspent Gerlach by a margin of 4 097 663 to 3 492 402 10 General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 6th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Jim Gerlach 121 047 50 7Democratic Lois Murphy 117 892 49 37th Congressional district edit In the Pennsylvania 7th congressional district election long time incumbent Republican Curt Weldon was defeated by retired Navy 3 star admiral Joe Sestak Prior to the primary election Iraq war veteran Bryan Lentz agreed to drop his bid for the seat held by Weldon instead running for a Pennsylvania state legislature seat a move brokered by Governor Ed Rendell Lentz had raised about 125 000 for his congressional campaign Haverford Democrat Paul Scoles who ran poorly funded race against Weldon in 2004 also backed out in early February throwing his support behind Sestak 11 Pennsylvania s 7th congressional district covering the suburbs west of Philadelphia was one of the districts where John Kerry outpolled Bush in the 2004 election which nonetheless elected a Republican to the House As such it became the target of Democratic strategists in 2006 the Democrats fielded a much stronger and vastly better funded challenger 12 On October 13 the media reported that Weldon and his daughter were being investigated by the FBI 13 14 for their involvement with two Russian energy companies and a Serbian company connected with Slobodan Milosevic The investigation focuses on the lobbying firm Solutions North America owned and run by daughter Karen Weldon and local Republican operative Charlie Sexton which was hired for 1 million and whether Weldon was involved in obtaining the contracts or was lobbied by his daughter s firm Three days later FBI agents raided the home of Weldon s daughter Karen as well as five other locations of Weldon associates in Pennsylvania and Florida as part of the investigation 15 16 On October 17 2006 The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Weldon acknowledged yesterday that he was under investigation 17 On October 13 2006 CQPolitics changed their rating on the race from Leans Republican to the highly competitive No Clear Favorite 18 This was the second time CQPolitics changed its rating in the match up in July it reclassified the race from Republican Favored to the more competitive Leans Republican They subsequently noted however that this change was made the day before the media reported that the FBI was investigating Weldon and his daughter Shortly after the raid CQPolitics com changed their rating on this race for a third time this time from No Clear Favorite to Leans Democratic 19 On October 6 2006 the non partisan Cook Political Report re rated the race from Lean Republican to the more competitive Toss Up 4 Larry Sabato s Crystal Ball in late June rated as one of the top thirty most competitive House races in the nation Sabato has said that Weldon has deep roots in this district but his persistence on the issue of finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has struck more than several observers as unusual 20 Endorsements edit Joe Sestak D IndividualsWesley Clark General 2004 democratic presidential candidate 21 General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 7th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Joe Sestak 147 898 56 4Republican Curt Weldon 114 426 43 68th Congressional district edit Endorsements edit Patrick J Murphy D IndividualsWesley Clark General 2004 democratic presidential candidate 22 General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 8th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Patrick J Murphy 125 656 50 3Republican Michael G Fitzpatrick 124 138 49 79th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 9th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Bill Shuster Tony BarrParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 121 069 79 610Percentage 60 3 39 7 nbsp County results Shuster 50 60 60 70 Barr 50 60 U S Representative before electionBill ShusterRepublican Elected U S Representative Bill ShusterRepublicanIncumbent Representative Bill Shuster was re elected with 60 3 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 9th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Shuster 121 069 60 3Democratic Tony Barr 79 610 39 710th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 10th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Chris Carney Don SherwoodParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 110 115 97 862Percentage 52 9 47 1 nbsp County results Carney 50 60 60 70 Sherwood 50 60 60 70 U S Representative before electionDon SherwoodRepublican Elected U S Representative Chris CarneyDemocraticThe 2006 Pennsylvania 10th congressional district election was held on November 7 to elect a representative from the Pennsylvania s 10th congressional district Republican four term incumbent Don Sherwood was defeated by Democrat Chris Carney a former Defense Department consultant and Navy lieutenant commander CQPolitics noted that a t the outset of the 2006 midterm campaign cycle it would have been difficult to identify a more politically safe member than Pennsylvania Rep Don Sherwood A four term Republican from the strongly conservative 10th District in northeastern Pennsylvania Sherwood had run unchallenged by Democrats in 2002 and 2004 23 But he enters the general election campaign in a weakened position mostly because of his extramarital relationship with a young woman to which he publicly admitted last year Sherwood though adamantly denied the woman s charges that he also physically abused her A lawsuit brought by the woman against Sherwood was later settled 24 On May 15 2006 Sherwood survived a surprisingly strong challenge in the Republican primary from Kathy Scott a political newcomer 25 Sherwood received 56 of the vote CQPolitics reported that his mediocre showing could be attributed to the admitted affair 26 Scott did not file a report with the FEC which indicates that she spent less than 5 000 in her campaign 27 His small margin of victory came despite the fact that prior to the primary Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum endorsed Sherwood and recorded an automated telephone call on Sherwood s behalf 27 as did President George W Bush 28 Sherwood s continuing problems resulting from the extramarital affair and Carney s nationally famous ads about it in which actual residents of the district accuse Sherwood of having no family values as well as polls that showed him 7 to 9 points behind compelled Sherwood to respond with a television ad in which he directly apologized to voters for the affair denied the allegations of physical abuse and promised to continue what he said was his effective representation of the district if the voters were to forgive and re elect him However the initial 2005 news about Sherwood admitting to an affair and being accused of choking the woman as well as the well recognized Carney ads which were described by the Associated Press as hard hitting stuck with Sherwood s name throughout the campaign Fallout for Sherwood continued including charges that he voted against an increase in the minimum wage while hiking his own congressional income a claim which the Congressman denounced as bullshit and for voting for the Central American Free Trade Agreement which Carney said sent Pennsylvanian jobs overseas Sherwood fought back by labeling Carney a liar for the minimum wage charges and subsequently accused Carney of being a liberal for supposedly supporting tax increases Carney shot back accusing Sherwood of supporting tax cuts for the wealthy while depriving the middle class Carol Sherwood the Congressman s wife wrote a letter to registered Republicans in the 10th District in which she lambasted Carney as someone who gets some pleasure out of hurting our family and stated that I am certainly not condoning the mistake Don made but I am not going to dwell on either Simultaneously President Bush made a visit to the area in October to Keystone College in La Plume Township Pennsylvania to endorse Sherwood s run a move which many believe might have hurt Sherwood when given Bush s declining popularity both nationwide and in the district Bush supported Sherwood as the right man to represent this district to which the President drew uncertain applause from the audience which included several empty tables Coincidentally Bush had deemed the week that he flew to Pennsylvania to help Sherwood as National Character Counts Week which propelled Carney to blast Bush as a hypocrite stating he could not comprehend how President Bush could both endorse moral values and campaign for the affair laden Sherwood in the same week Simultaneously Sherwood s campaign took a boost from a local newspaper Times Leader which ran a front page headline in late October in which it accused Carney of misrepresenting quotes that were included in a Times Leader editorial page about Sherwood s extramarital affair Meanwhile Carney took pages from the Republican playbook by using the same tactics the GOP uses against Democrats to attack Sherwood accusing the Congressman of having a pre 9 11 mentality on port security and of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants referring to President Bush s guest worker program for illegal immigration Despite endorsements from Vice President Cheney President Bush and U S Senator Rick Santorum Sherwood s campaign was surprisingly beaten in the financial spending wars by the Carney campaign In the closing days of the campaign last minute news about new developments in a 2005 500 000 deal with Sherwood s former mistress and accuser helped boost Carney who had consistently played the trump card of honor integrity and family values in his campaign Many voters also resonated with Carney s vague yet inspiring vow to make Pennsylvania proud a slogan that became very familiar to the 10th District as well as his impressive record as a senior terrorism advisor in the Pentagon and his Navy service 23 General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 10th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Chris Carney 110 115 52 9Republican Don Sherwood 97 862 47 111th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 11th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Paul Kanjorski Joseph F LeonardiParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 134 340 51 033Percentage 72 5 27 5 nbsp County results Kanjorski 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S Representative before electionPaul KanjorskiDemocratic Elected U S Representative Paul KanjorskiDemocraticIncumbent U S Representative Paul Kanjorski was re elected with 72 5 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 11th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Paul E Kanjorski 134 340 72 5Republican Joseph F Leonardi 51 033 27 512th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 12th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee John P Murtha Diana IreyParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 123 472 79 612Percentage 60 8 39 2 nbsp County Results Murtha 50 60 60 70 U S Representative before electionJohn P MurthaDemocratic Elected U S Representative John P MurthaDemocraticIncumbent U S Representative John P Murtha was re elected with 60 8 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 12th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic John P Murtha 123 472 60 8Republican Diana Irey 79 612 39 213th Congressional district edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 13th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Allyson Schwartz 147 368 66 1Republican Raj Peter Bhakta 75 492 33 814th Congressional district edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 14th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Mike Doyle 161 075 90 1Green Titus North 17 720 9 915th Congressional district edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 15th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Charles W Dent 106 153 53 6Democratic Charles Dertinger 86 186 43 5Green Greta Browne 5 802 2 916th Congressional district edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 16th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Joseph R Pitts 115 741 56 6Democratic Lois K Herr 80 915 39 5Independent John A Murphy 7 958 3 917th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 17th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Tim Holden Matthew W WertzParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 137 253 75 455Percentage 64 5 33 5 nbsp County Results Holden 50 60 60 70 70 80 Wertz 50 60 U S Representative before electionTim HoldenDemocratic Elected U S Representative Tim HoldenDemocraticIncumbent Representative Tim Holden was re elected with 64 5 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 17th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tim Holden 137 253 64 5Republican Matthew W Wertz 75 455 33 518th Congressional district edit General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 18th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Tim Murphy 144 632 58 7Democratic Chad Kluko 105 419 42 219th Congressional district edit 2006 Pennsylvania s 19th congressional district election nbsp 20042008 nbsp nbsp Nominee Todd Platts Philip J Avillo Jr Party Republican DemocraticPopular vote 142 512 74 625Percentage 64 0 33 5 nbsp County Results Platts 60 70 U S Representative before electionTodd PlattsRepublican Elected U S Representative Todd PlattsRepublicanIncumbent Representative Todd Platts was re elected with 64 0 of the vote General Election 2006 Pennsylvania s 19th congressional district Party Candidate Votes Republican Todd Platts 142 512 64 0Democratic Philip J Avillo Jr 74 625 33 5Green Derf W Maitlnd 5 640 2 5See also editUnited States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania 108th United States CongressReferences edit Representative in Congress 2006 General Election Commonwealth of PA Elections Information Pennsylvania Department of State 2004 Archived from the original on November 27 2008 Retrieved November 3 2010 Commonwealth of PA Elections 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