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'Age is something that comes to all of us,' state Sen. Samuel Thompson said in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday as he faces a primary challenge.

In an unusual moment Thursday, New Jersey’s oldest lawmaker delivered an impassioned speech on the state Senate floor rejecting concerns about his age and suggesting unnamed people are being ageist by supporting a primary campaign opposing his re-election., R-Middlesex, an 87-year-old Republican who has served in the state Legislature for 25 years, is running in November for another four-year term in Trenton.

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