Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) died early Wednesday after serving just two months and two days in Congress, party officials said Wednesday. He was 70.
Linda Brown, a spokesperson for Turner, told the Associated Press the congressman was taken to a hospital and died at his home on Wednesday morning after being released.
Turner’s death means the House of Representatives now has 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats, with three vacancies — giving Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) slightly more breathing room in pending partisan battles over a potential partial government shutdown and enacting President Trump’s agenda.