Newly Elected Democrat Texas Congressman, Who Replaced Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Dies After Attending Donald Trump’s Speech.

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 …

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Sheila Jackson Lee dead at age 74

BREAKING 🚨🚨 Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has died May she rest in peace pic.twitter.com/Oiqpz9Lafx — Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) July 20, 2024 Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74. Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate …

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announces cancer diagnosis

WASHINGTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, announced Sunday that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. Jackson Lee said it is “likely” that she will be “occasionally absent from Congress,” but she assured her district, which encompasses part of Houston, that her office “will continue …

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Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, Endorsed By Hillary Clinton, Loses Houston Texas Mayoral Race In Landslide. Sheila Loses 65-35 to Fellow Democrat.

BREAKING: Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, Endorsed By Hillary Clinton, Loses Houston Texas Mayoral Race In Landslide! https://t.co/pyqEUX1ubK — John Basham (@JohnBasham) December 10, 2023 via politico Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire defeated Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the Houston mayoral race in Saturday’s runoff election after a campaign heavily focused on …

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