Mia McLeod
Mia McLeod (independent) was a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 22. She assumed office on November 14, 2016. She left office on November 11, 2024.
McLeod (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of South Carolina. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 14, 2022.
In January 2023, McLeod announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent.[1] To learn more about state legislators who have switched political party affiliation, click here.
On April 1, 2024, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election to the South Carolina State Senate District 22.[2]
Biography
Mia McLeod earned a B.A. and J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1990 and 1995, respectively.[3] McLeod's career experience includes working as an entrepreneur and CEO.[4]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
McLeod was assigned to the following committees:
- Corrections and Penology Committee
- Family and Veterans' Services Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Medical Affairs Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
2021-2022
McLeod was assigned to the following committees:
- Corrections and Penology Committee
- Family and Veterans' Services Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Medical Affairs Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
2019-2020
McLeod was assigned to the following committees:
- Corrections and Penology Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
- Transportation Committee
- Family and Veterans' Services Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Corrections and Penology |
| • General |
| • Judiciary |
| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, McLeod served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Legislative Oversight |
| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, McLeod served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, McLeod served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
Mia McLeod did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: South Carolina gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of South Carolina
Incumbent Henry McMaster defeated Joe Cunningham and Morgan Bruce Reeves in the general election for Governor of South Carolina on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Henry McMaster (R) | 58.0 | 988,501 | |
| Joe Cunningham (D) | 40.7 | 692,691 | ||
| Morgan Bruce Reeves (L) | 1.2 | 20,826 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,174 | ||
| Total votes: 1,703,192 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jokie Beckett Jr. (Independence Party)
- Michael Copland (Independence Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina
Joe Cunningham defeated Mia McLeod, Carlton Boyd, William Williams, and Calvin McMillan in the Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Cunningham | 56.4 | 102,473 | |
| Mia McLeod | 31.1 | 56,406 | ||
| Carlton Boyd | 5.3 | 9,579 | ||
| William Williams | 3.8 | 6,829 | ||
| Calvin McMillan | 3.5 | 6,303 | ||
| Total votes: 181,590 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina
Incumbent Henry McMaster defeated Harrison Musselwhite in the Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Henry McMaster | 83.3 | 306,543 | |
| Harrison Musselwhite | 16.7 | 61,462 | ||
| Total votes: 368,005 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Al BellaVance (R)
- Mindy Steele (R)
Independence Party convention
Independence Party convention for Governor of South Carolina
Jokie Beckett Jr. and Michael Copland advanced from the Independence Party convention for Governor of South Carolina on May 27, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Jokie Beckett Jr. (Independence Party) | |
| ✔ | Michael Copland (Independence Party) | |
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Labor Party convention
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Votour (Labor Party)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Governor of South Carolina
Morgan Bruce Reeves advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of South Carolina on June 18, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Morgan Bruce Reeves (L) | |
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2020
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Incumbent Mia McLeod defeated Lee Blatt in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mia McLeod (D) | 62.2 | 35,438 | |
| Lee Blatt (R) | 37.8 | 21,525 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 57,006 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mia McLeod advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Lee Blatt defeated David Larsen in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lee Blatt | 75.8 | 3,393 | |
| David Larsen | 24.2 | 1,081 | ||
| Total votes: 4,474 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Letts (R)
2016
Elections for the South Carolina State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The primary runoff election was held on June 28, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2016. Incumbent Joel Lourie (D) did not seek re-election.
Mia McLeod defeated Susan Brill in the South Carolina State Senate District 22 general election.[5][6]
| South Carolina State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Mia McLeod |
55.01% | 26,530 | |
| Republican | Susan Brill | 44.99% | 21,696 | |
| Total Votes | 48,226 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Mia McLeod ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 22 Democratic primary.[7][8]
| South Carolina State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Mia McLeod (unopposed) | |
Susan Brill ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 22 Republican primary.[9][10]
| South Carolina State Senate, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Susan Brill (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for all 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2014. Incumbent Mia McLeod defeated Vannie Williams, Jr. in the Democratic primary. McLeod was unchallenged in the general election.[11][12][13]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Mia McLeod Incumbent |
81.3% | 1,821 |
| Vannie Williams, Jr. | 18.7% | 419 |
| Total Votes | 2,240 | |
2012
McLeod was unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12 and in the general election on November 6, 2012.[14][15]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mia McLeod Incumbent |
99.5% | 13,764 | |
| Other | Write-Ins | 0.5% | 74 | |
| Total Votes | 13,838 | |||
2010
McLeod won election to the South Carolina House of Representatives, defeating Sheri Few in the November 2 general election.[16]
McLeod defeated Tony Lamm in the June 8 Democratic primary.
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Mia McLeod (D)
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10,689 | 55.26% | ||
| Sheri Few (R) | 8,632 | 44.63% | ||
| Write-In | 22 | 0.11% | ||
Campaign themes
2022
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Campaign website
McLeod's campaign website stated the following:
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A Sustainable, Thriving Economy Better protections and pay for the working people of South Carolina are paramount. I’m a small business owner whose family has been in business in South Carolina for over 107 years. I support a minimum wage of at least $15.00/hour because working people should be able to afford rent, food, healthcare and other basic living expenses. I believe South Carolina can be pro-business and pro-people; the two aren’t mutually exclusive. While Gov. McMaster has already taken approximately $600 million away from South Carolina’s working families and out of our economy, I’m fighting to ensure that every South Carolinian has a level playing field and a fighting chance. Living Wages and Your “Right to Work” South Carolina’s minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2008, when it increased to $7.25. For too many South Carolinians, working a full-time 40-hour week at minimum wage means not being able to afford even a 2-bedroom rental–proof that living in a “right to work” state basically means employers’ rights trump those of employees. Affordable Housing should be attainable for working people in SC, but too often it isn’t. We should trust South Carolinians to make their own decisions about whether a collective bargaining process will significantly increase their wages and improve their working conditions. While our governor demonizes and vilifies labor unions, working people across our state continue to struggle to live on $7.25 per hour and between $42 and $326 per week in unemployment benefits. This presents a myriad of life-altering challenges that wealthy career politicians will never experience. Governor McMaster boasts about giving employers unmerited tax breaks and immunity from legal liability for abandoning COVID-19 safety protocols while doing nothing to protect SC employees during the pandemic or pay fair, living wages. These hypocrisies reflect the types of gross imbalances that currently exist. As Governor, I’ll bring balance back into the equation by focusing on the true drivers of our economy: working families, small businesses and 21 million acres of sustainable natural resources…all of which are essential ingredients for a thriving economy. I’ll roll back anti-union, anti-worker rhetoric and policies that further marginalize, dehumanize and dis-empower working people. Pro-Business and Pro-Worker Coming from a small business family in rural South Carolina, I know what it takes to sustain both a family and a business. A state with safe, well-compensated, and well-treated employees is a pro-business state. Last year, I convinced the SC Ports Authority to increase its minority business participation goal by three times the original goal and now, small minority businesses have greater opportunities to do business with our ports. My legislative record proves that I have the courage to lead on these important issues. As Governor, I’ll continue working across the aisle to raise the minimum wage, right systemic wrongs and promote balanced business, employee and family-friendly policies that give South Carolinians the dignity and decency of fair pay, good working conditions and safe workplaces.
To truly invest in the future of South Carolina, we must invest in our children. Those investments start well before a child enters a classroom. As Governor, I’ll focus on the full spectrum of South Carolina’s public education system to help us begin to move beyond our “minimally adequate” education standard. It won’t be easy, but it is possible by listening to teachers and administrators who are on the front lines and collaborating with them to implement much-needed systemic reforms that include updating SC antiquated tax laws and fully and equitably funding public schools. I’ll implement innovative programs and investments like Nurse Family Partnership or Parents as Teachers, evidence-based, voluntary home visiting programs that ensure every child in South Carolina is prepared for school. I’ll also work with the General Assembly to fully fund pre-K in every county—which will better prepare our children and save the state money in the long-run. We deserve a leader who doesn’t play political games, like trying to send $32 million to private schools while our public schools and teachers are struggling. Within the K-12 system, I support updating public school curricula to include project-based learning and technology courses that will better prepare graduates to compete in the global economy of the 21st century. Of course, no investment in education is sustainable without supporting the public servants who lead our schools. While Republicans voted to protect employers from legal responsibility, they’ve refused to protect the working people of SC by requiring employers to implement COVID-19 safety protocols to help prevent on-the-job exposures. As a fierce advocate for SC teachers and school employees, I believe our state continues to lose an unprecedented number of teachers because legislators have ignored their concerns, saddled them with unfunded mandates and refused to consult them on the front end of legislative policy proposals. When it comes to education policy reforms…teachers, administrators and school staff offer invaluable insight and understanding about our state’s educational needs and challenges. Their voices are critical components of any real efforts to reform education policy in our state. As Governor, I’ll ensure that South Carolina’s teachers have a voice on the front end of education policy reform proposals. As the daughter of an educator, I’ve witnessed the dedication of our teachers firsthand. I’ll prioritize pay increases for teachers, administrators and staff and continue to fight for better protections, working conditions, resources and partnerships. This will allow us to recruit and retain excellent educators throughout the state and create a world-class public education system that prepares our students to compete in a global economy. Creating a state that our best and brightest young people want to live in as adults is key. Right now, we’re losing them to better pay, better jobs and better opportunities in other states. Equipping our younger generations with the skills they need to take advantage of high-paying jobs and economic opportunities right here in South Carolina will strengthen our state and improve our quality of life now and in the future. I believe that a college education or workforce training should be accessible to all South Carolinians. As Governor, I will continue to work with my colleagues in the General Assembly to bring down the prohibitive costs of post-secondary education for all who choose that path. Students who are educated in South Carolina schools deserve to use their skills to enrich our state, so I support equitable access licensure for undocumented immigrants.
Putting this pandemic behind us must be a top priority. That’s why we need real leadership in the Governor’s Office, fighting to ensure that the hard-working women and men of South Carolina have the support, protections and pay they deserve. As Senator, I’ve initiated the systemic reforms we’ll need to begin mitigating the harm of policies that continue to oppress everyday South Carolinians who are working hard to make ends meet. I’m fighting to secure critical federal resources that we need to help us recover from the challenges of COVID-19 and bolster small businesses hit hard by the pandemic. As Governor, I will immediately join 39 other states in expanding Medicaid, which will increase healthcare coverage and improve healthcare access for approximately 200,000 South Carolinians who are currently being denied care, simply because they live in the Palmetto State. I’ll work to ensure equitable access to healthcare in rural areas where hospital closures have limited treatment options. I believe in science and understand the severe impact of COVID-19, so expanding Medicaid and enacting my pandemic response plan will be one of the first things I do as governor. COVID-19 Pandemic Response Plan
Having served as South Carolina’s first Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Director and the state’s top Victim Advocate, I am deeply familiar with our criminal justice system—and its weaknesses. Recently, South Carolina was ranked #6 in the nation for women killed by men. The COVID-19 pandemic brought economic hardship, isolation and according to law enforcement reports–a foreseeable rise in domestic violence. I’ve worked in the executive branch for Republican and Democrat administrations. Under my leadership, South Carolina’s Crime Victim Compensation Program received national recognition in the areas of fiscal responsibility and expanded access to services. Throughout my career, I’ve utilized a collaborative, bipartisan, multidisciplinary approach to help address domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other violent crimes against women and will continue to push for meaningful criminal justice reform. While in the General Assembly, I sponsored the Transparency in Justice Act, which would finally make hate a crime in SC, ban no-knock warrants and police chokeholds, demilitarize the police, decriminalize marijuana, end qualified immunity for cops who kill civilians without justification and make other critical changes to our outdated criminal justice laws. When a Black girl was violently thrown out of her desk by a School Resource Officer at a midlands high school and arrested in her classroom for allegedly not putting her cell phone away, I discovered that South Carolina’s Disturbing Schools law was used to send over 30,000 students from school to DJJ. For too many SC students, this meant our public schools were the first stop on the school-to-prison pipeline because this law criminalized non-criminal classroom misbehavior. I introduced a bill to change that. With overwhelming bipartisan support, my Disturbing Schools bill passed in 2018. Now, SC students are no longer arrested in school unless they threaten or harm others or engage in criminal acts on school grounds or school property. As Governor, I’ll continue to address the systemic factors that disproportionately impact black and brown people, as well as those that create unsafe environments for all South Carolinians.
Back-to-back Republican administrations have failed to invest in much-needed maintenance and infrastructure improvements that are key to a vibrant, thriving economy. By kicking the can down the road until a crisis forces action—their leadership failures have become both hazardous and expensive for families, businesses and communities alike. Meanwhile, our crumbling roads and bridges, broadband “dead” zones, water contamination and other infrastructural challenges inhibit South Carolina's economic viability and long-term growth. How can we be globally competitive if we don't maintain and improve the very systems that support our economy? For example, the water crisis in Denmark, SC is an infrastructure investment failure. I have publicly called out Gov. McMaster and his Department of Administration and demanded that they request American Rescue Plan “ARPA” funds allocated to South Carolina's small cities and towns. After months of inaction, I have finally responded by requesting South Carolina's federal funds. We should never have to beg a Governor to do right by ALL of the people of SC. Because of my efforts, South Carolina's small cities and towns now have access to ARPA funding that they can use to fund water, sewer, broadband, and other infrastructure improvements. Fortunately, those funds can also be used to address the impact of climate change, improve COVID-19 responses, supplement teachers' and other essential employees' salaries, provide emergency and contractual services, create and fund jobs, assist small businesses and fund other aspects. of our state and local governments' economic recovery. As Governor, I will base infrastructure investments on the needs of our communities, not the self-serving motives of those in power. I'll work with the General Assembly to allocate critical funds for the long-term sustainability of our roads, bridges, ports, dams, and broadband so no matter where you live in South Carolina, you'll enjoy a better quality of life with the technology to innovate and thrive in the 21st century.
While GOP lawmakers prioritized divisive schemes to strip women of our rights, freedoms and healthcare services during an epic public health crisis, Gov. McMaster vetoed tens of millions of state dollars allocated for critical family planning services. I introduced H.4544, known as “The Viagra bill” to expose the hypocrisy of the legislature’s “war on women.” This bill received national and international acclaim for imposing the same state requirements on men seeking to purchase erectile dysfunction drugs as it would for women seeking to make their own healthcare choices. The bill is credited with broadening the debate in SC and across the nation about government interference in women’s reproductive rights and healthcare decisions. As SC Republicans began to celebrate the imminent passage of their “Fetal Heartbeat” bill, I introduced the Pro-Birth Accountability Act, a groundbreaking proposal that requires the state to help cover costs associated with pregnancy, child-birth and child-rearing…from conception to college. As Governor, I’ll continue to fiercely advocate for the reproductive rights and freedoms of South Carolina’s women and girls. I’ll prioritize the needs of everyday people because South Carolinians deserve to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions without governmental interference. Any attack on reproductive rights is dangerous, socially and economically. We know what this kind of partisan, bigoted legislation can do to our economy. As Governor, I’ll fight to make sure every South Carolinian can thrive. That’s only possible when women are treated as equals to men when it comes to our rights, our pay, our opportunities and our freedom to make our own healthcare decisions.[17] |
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| —Mia McLeod's campaign website (2022)[18] | ||
2020
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In 2011, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 through June 2. On June 2, 2011, Governor Nikki Haley (R) attempted to call the legislature into an "emergency" special session to begin on June 7 to create the new South Carolina Department of Administration. A lawsuit was filed by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell (R), in which he contended that Haley's call for a special session was unconstitutional, and that it violated the state Constitution's requirement of separation of powers among the governor, legislature and courts.[19] On June 6, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 against Governor Haley, stating that her order violated the Legislature's ability to set its calendar and agenda. The legislature met in a special redistricting session from June 14 - July 1.[20] The legislature re-convened July 26.[21]
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2012
Mia McLeod received a score of 13% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 85th out of all 124 South Carolina House of Representatives members.[23] Her score was followed by representatives William Clyburn Sr. (13%), Gilda Cobb-Hunter (13%), and Kristopher Crawford (13%).[24]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Post and Courier, "State Sen. Mia McLeod abruptly quits SC Democratic Party," accessed January 13, 2023
- ↑ “ABC 4 News (Charleston, South Carolina),” “State Senator Mia McLeod announces she will not seek re-election in 2024,” April 1, 2024
- ↑ The State, "Richland lawmaker not afraid to stir the pot," December 16, 2012
- ↑ Mia for SC, "Join Team Mia," accessed June 21, 2022
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 24, 2012
- ↑ www.enr-scvotes.org, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Mia for SC, “On the Issues,” accessed June 16, 2022
- ↑ The State, "High court rules against Haley," June 6, 2011
- ↑ The Sun News, "S.C. House to have special session in June," May 6, 2011
- ↑ The Island Packet, "S.C. Senate OKs new congressional districted anchored in Beaufort County," June 29, 2011
- ↑ The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "Voting Records," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
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