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1900 United States presidential election in Michigan
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November 6, 1900
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All 14 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 316,269 211,685
Percentage 58.10% 38.89%
County results
President before election

William McKinley
Republican

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1900 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ever since the formation of the Republican Party, Michigan had been a Republican-leaning state due to the Lower Peninsula’s strong history of settlement by anti-slavery Yankees, who after the end of Reconstruction continued to see the need for solid Republican voting to oppose the solidly Democratic Confederate and Border States.[2] During the Third Party System, heavily Catholic and immigrant-settled Southeast Michigan would lean towards the Democratic Party, which was opposed to the moralistic pietism of Yankee Republicans.

In 1892, aided by favorable demographic changes[3] and a legislative change allocating electors by congressional district, the Democratic Party managed to carry five of Michigan’s fourteen electoral votes, and also elect a Governor and a majority to the state legislature. However, the Panic of 1893 turned expectations or hopes of Michigan becoming a swing state rudely on its head, especially when incumbent President Cleveland stood firm, sending in troops to break the Pullman Strike. In the 1894 elections, only one Democrat maintained a seat in the state legislature,[4] a loss of seventy seats compared to the 1890 elections.

During the 1896 presidential election, the Methodist cabinet counties would turn towards evangelical free silver Democrat William Jennings Bryan,[5] whilst the previously Democratic German Catholic counties opposed free silver and turned to Republican nominee William McKinley as the Church opposed free silver and Bryan’s prohibitionist leanings.[6][7]

During the following two election cycles, the Democrats regained only a small portion of their 1894 losses in Michigan’s legislature. Both McKinley and Bryan would be re-nominated for the 1900 presidential election. Bryan campaigned in the state in early October, relying on a theme of “misrule” in the colonies of Puerto Rico and the Philippines which had been acquired in the Spanish–American War.[8] In a speech at Muskegon, Bryan argued that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos were taxed without representation.[9]

As McKinley's running mate, Theodore Roosevelt did not campaign in the state, as it was viewed as safe for the Republicans. All forecasts had the state being carried by McKinley,[10] and in some the state was regarded as so safe as not to be discussed. These predictions were borne out by the election result when McKinley carried Michigan by 58.05 percent to Bryan's 38.96 percent and all but one county – St. Joseph in Michiana, which would prove the last time until Woodrow Wilson in 1916 when a Democrat won any Michigan county in a two-way race, for the state would become apart from Vermont the most solidly one-party Republican in the nation for the first third of the 20th century.

Bryan had previously lost Michigan to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

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General Election Results[11][12]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party William McKinley Perry Hannah 316,269
Republican Party William McKinley Charles P. Collins 316,062
Republican Party William McKinley Edward Buckley 316,042
Republican Party William McKinley Joseph R. Bennett 316,033
Republican Party William McKinley Edward B. Nugent 316,026
Republican Party William McKinley Charles J. Monroe 316,023
Republican Party William McKinley Lyman G. Wilcox 316,023
Republican Party William McKinley Thomas A. Harvey 316,010
Republican Party William McKinley John S. Thomson 316,008
Republican Party William McKinley Hiram M. Allen 315,941
Republican Party William McKinley Michael Brown 315,847
Republican Party William McKinley James MacNaughton 315,833
Republican Party William McKinley John A. S. Verdier 314,702
Republican Party William McKinley Daniel Cotcher 312,402
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Philip B. Wachtel 211,685
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Henry Huist 211,485
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Thomas A. Walker 211,483
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Abraham T. Metcalf 211,474
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan H. Alexander Crawford 211,451
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan George G. Robinson 211,443
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan William Baker 211,440
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan George S. Stanley 211,427
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Orrin R. Pierce 211,423
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan William P. Nisbett 211,282
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Michael F. McDonald 211,011
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Alois A. Thuner 210,743
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Lorenzo Hublinger 210,155
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Stanley E. Parkhill 209,454
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley John Wallace Page 11,859
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Frederick Elijah Woolsey 11,829
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Ezra Allen Cross 11,826
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley John W. Doane 11,822
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley George Hicks Newell 11,821
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley John Henry Todd 11,820
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Patrick James Connell 11,820
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Hiram Darius Allen 11,818
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Edson B. Putnam 11,818
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Vahan Kewin Beshgetoor 11,815
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Charles Edgar Conley 11,805
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Thomas Bennet Hughes 11,792
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Charles Spicer Bellamy 11,643
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Frank Alroy Luttenbacker 11,057
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Joseph Galbraith Sr. 2,826
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Joseph J. Cooney 2,824
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Richard Henke 2,823
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Jacob A. Mountain 2,823
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Henry E. Dorrance 2,821
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Archibald McClellan 2,821
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs George W. Seward 2,821
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Fred Schander 2,820
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Frank Marvin 2,819
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Eddy M. Plumb 2,819
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Jacob Fyre 2,818
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs George Wilkinson 2,818
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Arthur Harvey 2,816
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs James Danford 2,799
People's Party Wharton Barker Carl Lampe 903
People's Party Wharton Barker Thomas Hackett 898
People's Party Wharton Barker John Joseph Cornely 895
People's Party Wharton Barker Charles Bannasch 893
People's Party Wharton Barker William Markwardt 892
People's Party Wharton Barker Charles Gustafson 891
People's Party Wharton Barker Elias Haire 890
People's Party Wharton Barker Charles Truschan 890
People's Party Wharton Barker James Manley 889
People's Party Wharton Barker Willit B. Johnson 888
People's Party Wharton Barker Barney Fabinski 883
People's Party Wharton Barker John Steiner 883
People's Party Wharton Barker Henry Marwinske 871
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Joseph Snow 837
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Jonas M. Borough 836
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney John O. Zabel 833
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Edwin D. Cox 832
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Nelson Davis 832
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Charles R. Robinson 832
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney August W. Mulhauser 829
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Austin S. Randall 829
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney James M. Houghton 828
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Daniel Hutcheson 827
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney George N. Lawrence 827
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney John Curtiss 826
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Charles Malone 823
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney William C. Porter 813
People's Party Wharton Barker Axel Gerdin 769
Votes cast[a] 544,379

Results by county

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The results below are those for the highest elector on each ticket. The results listed in the 1900-1901 Michigan Manual are a "general average" for each ticket and thus not the "true" results.

County[11][12][13] William McKinley
Republican		 William Jennings Bryan
Democratic		 John G. Woolley
Prohibition		 Eugene V. Debs
Socialist		 Wharton Barker
Populist		 Joseph F. Malloney
Socialist Labor		 Margin Total votes cast[a]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Alcona 849 84.06% 145 14.36% 12 1.19% 1 0.10% 2 0.20% 1 0.10% 704 69.70% 1,010
Alger 1,016 69.88% 416 28.61% 14 0.96% 5 0.34% 1 0.07% 2 0.14% 600 41.27% 1,454
Allegan 5,597 61.11% 3,283 35.84% 239 2.61% 25 0.27% 2 0.02% 13 0.14% 2,314 25.26% 9,159
Alpena 2,283 59.33% 1,435 37.29% 32 0.83% 89 2.31% 6 0.16% 3 0.08% 848 22.04% 3,848
Antrim 2,583 74.67% 737 21.31% 81 2.34% 39 1.13% 6 0.17% 13 0.38% 1,846 53.37% 3,459
Arenac 975 51.18% 860 45.14% 45 2.36% 19 1.00% 0 0.00% 6 0.31% 115 6.04% 1,905
Baraga 606 63.99% 332 35.06% 6 0.63% 2 0.21% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 274 28.93% 947
Barry 3,292 51.42% 2,896 45.24% 193 3.01% 10 0.16% 2 0.03% 9 0.14% 396 6.19% 6,402
Bay 6,462 54.54% 5,090 42.96% 236 1.99% 23 0.19% 27 0.23% 11 0.09% 1,372 11.58% 11,849
Benzie 1,472 66.19% 628 28.24% 112 5.04% 3 0.13% 1 0.04% 8 0.36% 844 37.95% 2,224
Berrien 6,597 55.49% 4,956 41.69% 188 1.58% 103 0.87% 26 0.22% 18 0.15% 1,641 13.80% 11,888
Branch 4,298 54.77% 3,416 43.53% 107 1.36% 8 0.10% 8 0.10% 10 0.13% 882 11.24% 7,847
Calhoun 6,226 50.09% 5,562 44.75% 295 2.37% 293 2.36% 32 0.26% 22 0.18% 664 5.34% 12,430
Cass 3,217 51.80% 2,826 45.51% 131 2.11% 17 0.27% 5 0.08% 14 0.23% 391 6.30% 6,210
Charlevoix 2,266 71.19% 779 24.47% 84 2.64% 47 1.48% 1 0.03% 6 0.19% 1,487 46.72% 3,183
Cheboygan 2,092 59.10% 1,397 39.46% 40 1.13% 6 0.17% 2 0.06% 3 0.08% 695 19.63% 3,540
Chippewa 2,474 71.61% 892 25.82% 74 2.14% 8 0.23% 3 0.09% 4 0.12% 1,582 45.79% 3,455
Clare 1,180 63.41% 643 34.55% 34 1.83% 2 0.11% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 537 28.86% 1,861
Clinton 3,797 55.12% 2,925 42.46% 139 2.02% 15 0.22% 1 0.01% 12 0.17% 872 12.66% 6,889
Crawford 441 62.55% 253 35.89% 6 0.85% 4 0.57% 0 0.00% 1 0.14% 188 26.67% 705
Delta 3,081 70.88% 1,213 27.90% 24 0.55% 12 0.28% 8 0.18% 9 0.21% 1,868 42.97% 4,347
Dickinson 2,857 84.45% 453 13.39% 48 1.42% 12 0.35% 5 0.15% 8 0.24% 2,404 71.06% 3,383
Eaton 4,808 53.77% 3,909 43.72% 185 2.07% 19 0.21% 4 0.04% 17 0.19% 899 10.05% 8,942
Emmet 2,351 62.23% 1,291 34.17% 119 3.15% 6 0.16% 1 0.03% 10 0.26% 1,060 28.06% 3,778
Genesee 6,486 59.46% 3,931 36.04% 396 3.63% 61 0.56% 8 0.07% 26 0.24% 2,555 23.42% 10,908
Gladwin 978 75.23% 299 23.00% 18 1.38% 3 0.23% 2 0.15% 0 0.00% 679 52.23% 1,300
Gogebic 2,168 73.07% 676 22.78% 93 3.13% 11 0.37% 10 0.34% 9 0.30% 1,492 50.29% 2,967
Grand Traverse 3,126 68.33% 1,288 28.15% 137 2.99% 10 0.22% 4 0.09% 10 0.22% 1,838 40.17% 4,575
Gratiot 4,261 55.45% 3,207 41.73% 167 2.17% 21 0.27% 5 0.07% 24 0.31% 1,054 13.72% 7,685
Hillsdale 4,787 56.89% 3,328 39.55% 258 3.07% 27 0.32% 4 0.05% 10 0.12% 1,459 17.34% 8,414
Houghton 8,032 73.41% 2,424 22.15% 441 4.03% 30 0.27% 9 0.08% 6 0.05% 5,608 51.25% 10,942
Huron 3,669 60.65% 2,134 35.28% 166 2.74% 64 1.06% 3 0.05% 13 0.21% 1,535 25.38% 6,049
Ingham 5,353 49.62% 5,102 47.29% 282 2.61% 24 0.22% 7 0.06% 21 0.19% 251 2.33% 10,789
Ionia 5,101 54.29% 4,058 43.19% 196 2.09% 29 0.31% 3 0.03% 9 0.10% 1,043 11.10% 9,396
Iosco 1,402 66.38% 680 32.20% 23 1.09% 5 0.24% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 722 34.19% 2,112
Iron 1,559 84.68% 259 14.07% 14 0.76% 7 0.38% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 1,300 70.61% 1,841
Isabella 2,970 58.63% 1,997 39.42% 70 1.38% 6 0.12% 6 0.12% 17 0.34% 973 19.21% 5,066
Jackson 6,327 48.99% 6,211 48.09% 332 2.57% 28 0.22% 3 0.02% 14 0.11% 116 0.90% 12,915
Kalamazoo 6,007 53.60% 4,708 42.01% 256 2.28% 192 1.71% 17 0.15% 27 0.24% 1,299 11.59% 11,207
Kalkaska 1,312 75.53% 360 20.73% 55 3.17% 8 0.46% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 952 54.81% 1,737
Kent 17,891 54.79% 13,794 42.25% 816 2.50% 101 0.31% 28 0.09% 22 0.07% 4,097 12.55% 32,652
Keweenaw 452 92.24% 31 6.33% 4 0.82% 1 0.20% 2 0.41% 0 0.00% 421 85.92% 490
Lake 840 68.85% 350 28.69% 14 1.15% 6 0.49% 4 0.33% 6 0.49% 490 40.16% 1,220
Lapeer 3,709 59.62% 2,217 35.64% 216 3.47% 63 1.01% 1 0.02% 15 0.24% 1,492 23.98% 6,221
Leelanau 1,484 68.45% 637 29.38% 38 1.75% 4 0.18% 2 0.09% 3 0.14% 847 39.07% 2,168
Lenawee 6,848 51.75% 5,965 45.08% 346 2.61% 19 0.14% 16 0.12% 39 0.29% 883 6.67% 13,233
Livingston 2,858 49.65% 2,730 47.43% 152 2.64% 9 0.16% 1 0.02% 6 0.10% 128 2.22% 5,756
Luce 405 70.31% 159 27.60% 10 1.74% 0 0.00% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% 246 42.71% 576
Mackinac 1,060 61.74% 632 36.81% 15 0.87% 9 0.52% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 428 24.93% 1,717
Macomb 4,244 53.84% 3,489 44.27% 140 1.78% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 8 0.10% 755 9.58% 7,882
Manistee 3,146 56.25% 2,340 41.84% 90 1.61% 10 0.18% 2 0.04% 5 0.09% 806 14.41% 5,593
Marquette 5,237 75.42% 1,476 21.26% 181 2.61% 13 0.19% 33 0.48% 4 0.06% 3,761 54.16% 6,944
Mason 2,186 61.32% 1,252 35.12% 84 2.36% 34 0.95% 7 0.20% 2 0.06% 934 26.20% 3,565
Mecosta 2,804 65.42% 1,376 32.10% 89 2.08% 10 0.23% 3 0.07% 4 0.09% 1,428 33.32% 4,286
Menominee 3,122 65.92% 1,543 32.58% 39 0.82% 13 0.24% 11 0.23% 8 0.17% 1,579 33.34% 4,736
Midland 1,783 57.57% 1,224 39.52% 51 1.65% 19 0.61% 4 0.13% 16 0.52% 559 18.05% 3,097
Missaukee 1,420 67.11% 617 29.16% 56 2.65% 18 0.85% 2 0.09% 3 0.14% 803 37.95% 2,116
Monroe 3,874 48.88% 3,859 48.69% 159 2.01% 12 0.15% 7 0.09% 15 0.19% 15 0.19% 7,926
Montcalm 4,826 63.13% 2,638 34.51% 149 1.95% 20 0.26% 0 0.00% 12 0.16% 2,188 28.62% 7,645
Montmorency 542 69.04% 233 29.68% 6 0.76% 3 0.38% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% 309 39.36% 785
Muskegon 5,247 63.55% 2,801 33.92% 126 1.53% 56 0.68% 20 0.24% 7 0.08% 2,446 29.62% 8,257
Newaygo 2,612 62.73% 1,423 34.17% 121 2.91% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 4 0.10% 1,189 28.55% 4,164
Oakland 6,174 53.05% 4,968 42.68% 458 3.94% 30 0.26% 2 0.02% 7 0.06% 1,206 10.36% 11,639
Oceana 2,406 63.05% 1,200 31.45% 183 4.80% 13 0.34% 5 0.13% 9 0.24% 1,206 31.60% 3,816
Ogemaw 1,186 67.27% 518 29.38% 47 2.67% 5 0.28% 4 0.23% 3 0.17% 668 37.89% 1,763
Ontonagon 982 68.77% 430 30.11% 14 0.98% 0 0.00% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 552 38.66% 1,428
Osceola 2,635 71.08% 880 23.74% 175 4.72% 7 0.19% 5 0.13% 5 0.13% 1,755 47.34% 3,707
Oscoda 245 79.80% 60 19.54% 2 0.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 185 60.26% 307
Otsego 1,021 68.02% 435 28.98% 33 2.20% 8 0.53% 1 0.07% 3 0.20% 586 39.04% 1,501
Ottawa 5,334 62.13% 3,064 35.69% 145 1.69% 25 0.29% 10 0.12% 7 0.08% 2,270 26.44% 8,585
Presque Isle 1,332 71.81% 494 26.63% 17 0.92% 4 0.22% 5 0.27% 3 0.16% 838 45.18% 1,855
Roscommon 328 64.57% 175 34.45% 5 0.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 153 30.12% 508
Saginaw 8,414 50.15% 7,618 45.40% 208 1.24% 427 2.54% 62 0.37% 50 0.30% 796 4.74% 16,779
Sanilac 4,177 63.96% 2,064 31.60% 262 4.01% 9 0.14% 1 0.02% 18 0.28% 2,113 32.35% 6,531
Schoolcraft 1,141 69.87% 461 28.23% 21 1.29% 7 0.43% 2 0.12% 1 0.06% 680 41.64% 1,633
Shiawassee 5,051 56.68% 3,443 38.63% 390 4.38% 12 0.13% 7 0.08% 9 0.10% 1,608 18.04% 8,912
St. Clair 7,427 61.37% 4,405 36.40% 193 1.59% 50 0.41% 19 0.16% 8 0.07% 3,022 24.97% 12,102
St. Joseph 3,194 48.23% 3,293 49.72% 102 1.54% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 28 0.42% -99 -1.49% 6,623
Tuscola 4,741 61.32% 2,650 34.27% 306 3.96% 14 0.18% 8 0.10% 13 0.17% 2,091 27.04% 7,732
Van Buren 4,890 58.71% 3,235 38.84% 150 1.80% 22 0.26% 2 0.02% 30 0.36% 1,655 19.87% 8,329
Washtenaw 5,378 50.14% 5,072 47.29% 222 2.07% 44 0.41% 6 0.06% 4 0.04% 306 2.85% 10,726
Wayne 36,745 55.23% 28,416 42.71% 558 0.84% 370 0.56% 380 0.57% 64 0.10% 8,329 12.52% 66,533
Wexford 2,520 67.69% 1,019 27.37% 118 3.17% 57 1.53% 5 0.13% 4 0.11% 1,501 40.32% 3,723
Totals316,26958.10%211,68538.89%11,8592.18%2,8260.52%9030.17%8370.15%104,58419.21%544,379

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

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  1. ↑ "1900 Election for the Twenty-Ninth Term (1901-1905)". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ English, Gustavus P.; Proceedings of the Ninth Republican National Convention (1888), p. 234
  3. ↑ Kleppner, Paul; The Third Electoral System, 1853-1892: Parties, Votes and Political Cultures, pp. 198-207 ISBN 0807813281
  4. ↑ "Swamped! The Democrats Drowned Out by a Tremendous Republican Tidal Wave". The L'Anse, Michigan Sentinel. L'Anse, Michigan. November 10, 1894. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 31 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ↑ Kleppner, Paul (1970). The cross of culture: a social analysis of midwestern politics, 1850-1900. Free Press. pp. 323–335.
  7. ↑ Harpine, William D. (2005). From the Front Porch to the Front Page: McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 Presidential Campaign. Texas A & M University Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 9781585444502.
  8. ↑ "Misrule of Puerto Ricans Told in a Report by Pattison". The Enquirer (Cincinnati). October 11, 1900. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Misrule of Puerto Ricans". The Semi-Weekly Times-Democrat. New Orleans, Louisiana. October 12, 1900. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "The Herald Forecast". The Kansas City Star. October 21, 1900. p. 1.
  11. 1 2 Michigan State Archives, Canvass of the votes given at the General Election, held in the State of Michigan on Tuesday the Sixth day of November A.D. 1900 for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States
  12. 1 2 "Official Canvass of the State of Michigan Showing Vote Cast November 6, 1900". The State Republican. Vol. 57, no. 21. Lansing. January 25, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ Warner, Fred M. (1901). Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory for the Years 1901-1902. Lansing: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. of Lansing, Michigan, State Printers. pp. 526–527. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
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