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Former Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran dead at 81

Former Sen. Thad Cochran has died at the age of 81. The Mississippi Republican was first elected to the Senate in 1978 and was the 10th-longest-serving senator in U.S. history when he retired in 2018. Reena Ninan has more.
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