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LAWRENCE, MA - JULY 20: A detail view of the shoes of New Balance CEO Robert DeMartini are shown as he talks to the media after U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) talked about tax reform during a visit to the company's shoe factory on July 20, 2017 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Ryan said in a brief news conference that Republicans are more in step on tax reform than they are with the beleaguered plan to replace Obamacare when asked about recent struggles. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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FILE- In this Jan. 20, 2015 file photo former delegate Joe Morrissey, D-Henrico, watches the proceedings during the House of Delegates session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Morrissey launched a bid for a Richmond-area state Senate seat Wednesday, April 3, 2019. He’s facing off against incumbent Sen. Rosalyn Dance in the Democratic primary. Morrissey was jailed four years ago after a sex scandal involving a teenager, who Morrissey later married. The couple now has three children. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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FILE - Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler speaks to the Maryland Senate Executive Nominations Committee during his confirmation hearing, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. A Maryland Senate panel voted 15-2 on Wednesday, March 29, to approve the nomination of Butler to be the state's first Black superintendent of the Maryland State Police, an agency under a federal discrimination probe. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

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