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Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-TX) reportedly died this week just months after winning Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's (D-TX) former seat in Congress.
Semafor's Kadia Goba confirmed on Wednesday that Turner had died.
"Sad news: Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, who won the seat of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, died last night," she wrote on X.
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Turner, 70, was an attorney who served in the Texas House of Representatives for 26 years.
