Washington—Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died, weeks after taking office. He was 70 years old. Turner also served as Houston's mayor from 2016 until 2024. The city of Houston ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), the former Houston mayor who won a seat in Congress in November, succeeding the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D), died Tuesday night. He was 70. House Minority ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night at the age of 70, according to top Democrats. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced Turner's passing at a House Homeland Security hearing on ...

Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70. Turner died peacefully Wednesday, according to a statement from his congressional office.

Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to fellow House Democrats and his office. The first-term Texas Democrat had been elected in 2024 to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ...

Turner had just won his first term representing the 18th Congressional District in November and was not up for reelection until late 2026. He had taken over for the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson ...

News of former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's death traveled quickly Wednesday as many fellow legislators and public figures posted to social media about Turner’s legacy in Houston.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Sylvester Turner, a Texas Democrat who was just sworn into the House in January after previously serving as mayor of Houston, died Wednesday. Turner, 70 years old, sat in the ...

(KPRC) Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70, following a long career in public service that spanned decades in both local and state government ...

By Clay Risen Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Wednesday in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at President ...

Turner began serving in the House in January, filling the seat of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in July 2024. The Texas House of Representatives voted unanimously to allow Turner to ...

Just weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner assumed office, his tragic passing means that the 18th Congressional District seat is once again up for grabs. In a bizarre series of events, the seat is ...