A Democratic member of Congress died Tuesday, two months after being sworn into office and just a year after his predecessor died while serving in the same position.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas died at 70, according to the Texas Tribune. He had been sworn into office in January.
Turner was a former mayor of Houston who previously served as a state legislator.
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Turner had been elected to Congress last year to represent the 18th Congressional District in Texas, which had been held by former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last year in office after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
In 2022, Turner said he had been battling bone cancer, but in 2024, he said he was free of cancer.
“We’re saddened
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