Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the longest-serving congressional Black Democrat in Mississippi, won his primary race for the 2nd congressional district on Tuesday, offering a rebuttal to calls for older lawmakers to step aside for a younger generation, the New York Times reports.
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