{"id":25052,"date":"2025-03-05T07:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=25052"},"modified":"2025-03-05T07:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:33:12","slug":"texas-democrat-sylvester-turner-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=25052","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democrat Sylvester Turner dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/194895\" data-person-id=\"194895\">Sylvester Turner<\/a> has died, according to fellow House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats announced his death to their colleagues in a closed-door leadership meeting Wednesday morning, according to three people familiar with the situation. <\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats publicly expressed condolences on X, with Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/151731\" data-person-id=\"151731\">Terri Sewell<\/a> (D-Ala.) writing: \u201cHe leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of service as Mayor of Houston and the Representative for Texas\u2019 18th Congressional District. May he Rest in Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Turner\u2019s congressional office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Turner, 70, had revealed in 2022 he had undergone treatment for bone cancer, though he had declared himself \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/11\/15\/houston-mayor-sylvester-turner-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\">cancer free<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to fellow House Democrats. 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