Sylvester Turner, Democratic congressman and former Houston mayor, dies at 70
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Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died, according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. He was 70.
Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died, according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. He was 70. “A remarkable public servant who impacted millions of people. He rose from poverty but never forgot where he came from. It is a terrible loss for the city and a personal loss for me. I ask Houstonians to celebrate his life,” Whitmire said in a statement posted by the City of Houston. House Democratic leadership informed members of Turner’s death during a meeting Wednesday morning, according to a source in the room. Later in the day, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic colleagues held a moment of silence at an afternoon event in honor of Turner, calling his passing tragic and unexpected. The Democratic leader remembered Turner as a “powerful, profound principled public servant.” Turner was sworn into Congress in January after serving eight years as the mayor of Texas’ biggest city. Before that, he also spent 27 years in the Texas House where he was a powerhouse on the state’s appropriations panel. Turner came out of retirement to succeed the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who was her own force in Texas politics during her two decades in the US House.
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