{"id":2410168,"date":"2025-03-05T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressman-dies-2-months-after-being-sworn-into-office\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T16:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:07:48","slug":"democratic-congressman-dies-2-months-after-being-sworn-into-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressman-dies-2-months-after-being-sworn-into-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Congressman Dies 2 Months After Being Sworn Into Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-congressman-dies-2-months-after-being-sworn-into-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Representative Sylvester Turner of Texas passed away at the age of\u2062 70, just two months after being sworn into Congress and a year after the death of his \u200bpredecessor, Sheila Jackson Lee. A former mayor of\u200c Houston and a \u2064long-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday&#039;s Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn&#039;t Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">state legislator<\/a>, Turner had been elected to\u200d represent \u200bTexas&#8217;s 18th Congressional District in 2024. He had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previously battled\u200d bone cancer<\/a> but announced in 2024 that \u200dhe was cancer-free. <\/p>\n<p>House \u200bSpeaker Mike Johnson expressed sadness over \u200dTurner&#8217;s sudden death, \u2062praising his dedication to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to ...\">public service<\/a>.Mayor John Whitmire of Houston described Turner as someone who never forgot his roots \u2063and\u200b encouraged Houstonians\u200d to celebrate his life. House Minority Leader Hakeem \u200cJeffries also conveyed shock and sadness \u200dat the news, highlighting Turner&#8217;s important contributions to \u2062the \u200ccommunity. In honor of Turner,\u2063 flags in Houston \u200bwill be flown at\u2063 half-staff.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas died at 70, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/03\/05\/sylvester-turner-texas-houston-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Tribune<\/a>. He had been sworn into office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Turner was a former mayor of Houston who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">previously served<\/a> as a state legislator.<\/p>\n<p>Turner had been elected to Congress last year to represent the 18th Congressional District in Texas, which had been held by former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/far-left-dem-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheila Jackson Lee<\/a>, who died last year in office after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hispanic-voters-in-florida-who-fled-dictatorships-think-the-election-was-stolen-from-trump\/\" title=\"REPORT: Hispanic Voters In Florida Who Fled Dictatorships Think The Election Was Stolen From Trump\">long battle<\/a> with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Turner said he had been battling bone cancer, but in 2024, he said he was free of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/moment-night-trump-makes-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-secret-service-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Congressman Sylvester Turner, who represented Texas&rsquo;s 18th District. He served his community faithfully, not only as a member of Congress, but as a former state legislator and a mayor of Houston. Our prayers are with his family and constituents as they mourn his loss,&rdquo; House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1897324188399960280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&rsquo;re saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Congressman Sylvester Turner, who represented Texas&rsquo;s 18th District.<\/p>\n<p>He served his community faithfully, not only as a member of Congress, but as a former state legislator and a mayor of Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Our prayers are with his family&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1897324188399960280?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turner, who served as Houston&rsquo;s mayor from 2016 through 2024, had appeared Saturday at the &nbsp;RodeoHouston Parade, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/sylvester-turner-obit\/285-1ef36f35-9291-4fe2-91f4-1cdbaa92cbee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Houston Mayor John Whitmire said Turner was taken to a Washington, D.C. hospital Tuesday night and later died.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He never forgot where he came from. That&rsquo;s remarkable &hellip; in public service,&rdquo; Whitmire said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/trending\/article\/sylvester-turner-texas-dies-20203885.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In memory of Turner, Houston will have its flags at half-staff.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This comes as a shock to everyone,&rdquo; Whitmire said, according to the Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would ask Houstonians to come together, pray for his family, join us in celebrating this remarkable public servant. Celebrate his life, which we will be doing,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said House Democrats were &ldquo;shocked and saddened&rdquo; by Turner&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Though he was newly elected to the Congress, Rep. Turner had a long and distinguished career in public service and spent decades fighting for the people of Houston,&rdquo; Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>Turner had attended President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-radical-new-plan-car-loans-bought-american-must-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address<\/a> to a joint session of Congress, Jeffries said, adding that Turner was a &ldquo;fighter until the end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to serving as Houston mayor, Turner had served 27 years as a state legislator.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, who was 70 years old, died according to the Texas Tribune. He had been sworn in January and previously served as Houston&#8217;s mayor and a state legislator. Turner was elected last year to represent Texas&#8217;s 18th Congressional District, which was previously held by Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office after battling pancreatic cancer. Although Turner had faced bone cancer in 2022, he announced he was cancer-free in 2024. House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed condolences for Turner&#8217;s sudden passing and praised his service to the community as both a Congressman and former mayor. Houston Mayor John Whitmire noted that flags would be flown at half-staff in Turner&#8217;s memory and called for Houstonians to come together to honor him. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries remarked on Turner&#8217;s long career dedicated to public service despite being newly elected to Congress; he highlighted that Turner remained committed until the end of his life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2410169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sylvester-Turner.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46058,42249,36699,32229,32603],"class_list":["post-2410168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-congressman","tag-government-affairs","tag-health-issues","tag-obituary","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sylvester-Turner.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410172,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410168\/revisions\/2410172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}