Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to fellow House Democrats and his office.
The first-term Texas Democrat had been elected in 2024 to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in office last year.
Democrats announced his death to their colleagues in a closed-door leadership meeting Wednesday morning, according to three people familiar with the situation.
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And in a statement released later Wednesday, his office announced his death “with profound sadness.”
