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Capitol Context: Abbott waited a record amount of time to fill Texas Congressman’s seat, KXAN analysis shows
Two months after Congressman Sylvester Turner’s death, Texas’s 18th Congressional District seat sits vacant. A KXAN data ...
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Rep. Sylvester Turner, first-term Democrat, dies at 70
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.
Vacant Texas seat’s impact on Congress
Two months after Congressman Sylvester Turner’s death, Texas’s 18th Congressional District seat sits vacant. A KXAN data analysis found Rep. Turner’s seat will remain empty for a total of 244 days ...