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Houston Mayor John Whitmire referred to former mayor Sylvester Turner as the "best he had to follow" as he welcomed those ...

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Congressman Turner died suddenly Wednesday morning. His colleagues in Houston politics remembered him as a mentor and friend.

Sylvester Turner served two terms as mayor before winning Texas' Congressional 18th district last November, a seat once held by late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Texas Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) offered his condolences to Turner early Wednesday morning. "He was a dear friend and an ...

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner warned the GOP before Trump's speech to leave Medicaid alone. It was one of his final messages.