Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), the former Houston Mayor, who won a seat in the Congress in November, with late rap. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) died on Tuesday night. He was 70 years old.
House minority leader Hakim Jeffrees (DNY) confirmed Turner’s death on Wednesday morning.
“The House Democratic Caucas family is shocked and unhappy with the sudden passing of Congress Sylvester Turner,” Jeffreese said in a statement. “Although he was elected to the new Congress, Rep. Turner had a long and unique career in public service and spent many decades to fight for Houston.”
Turner was at Capitol to address President Trump at a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Texas Democrat Posted video on x He commented on protecting Medic AID, with his guest for that night speech.
“So please tell people, don’t mess with Medic AID D,” Turner said in the video.
Time DeclarationTurner’s death on Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor John Whitmir said the Congressman was taken to the hospital on Tuesday night.
It is my duty as a mayor that Congressman Sylvester Turner, a former mayor, representative of the state for 24 years, died last night. He worked in Washington Shington and was taken to the hospital and he passed, “Whitmir said.
Turner’s death does not have the effect on the vote margin in the house. On any party-line vote with a full presence, the Republican will still be able to lose only one member and still clear this step.
Turner – who served as the mayor of Houston for eight years from 2016 to 2024 – won in his race to represent the 18th Congress district in Texas in November, Jackson Lee filled the seat for almost three decades. Jackson Lee’s children supported Turner for the job.
Before the general election, a local party meeting of the press chairs chose to be nominated in the race.
Before serving as the mayor of Houston, Turner was a member of the Texas House Representative for Representatives for almost three decades, serving from 1989 to 2016.
“As a representative of the 18th Congress district in Texas, Sylvester Great Barbara Jordan and our late sister, Congress woman Sheila Jackson Lee, went to the holy footsteps of trailblazers.” “We all live on the shoulders of these incredible giants, and join the Texans in mourning the overwhelming loss of another iconic leader.”
He added, “Like his previous people, Rep. Turner was a fighter until the end – he was present last evening that the sound of one of his voters who rely on Medic AID was heard,” he added. “Reminds us what his final message would be last night to his favorite components’ don’t mess with Medic AID.
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