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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_or_create_votes(self, row, division, candidate_election):
 """ Gets or creates the Vote object for the given row of AP data. """

        vote.Votes.objects.get_or_create(
            division=division,
            count=row["votecount"],
            pct=row["votepct"],
            winning=row["winner"],
            runoff=row["runoff"],
            candidate_election=candidate_election,
        )