After Sylvester Turner's death, it's up to Gov. Greg Abbott to set an election date. Politics shouldn't mean that the 18th ...

Turner's death raised immediate questions about the future of the 18th Congressional District in Houston, long a Democratic ...

With the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, the Constitution gives Gov. Greg Abbott the power to decide when to call an ...

Just weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner assumed office, his tragic passing means that the 18th Congressional District seat is ...

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas, who died this month just weeks into first term in Congress, was scheduled to lie in ...

"As a mark of respect for his public service as state representative, mayor, and congressman, it is fitting that flags be lowered to half staff," Abbott said.

Texas Congressman and former Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner died suddenly at the age of 70, and while no special election has been announced to fill his vacant seat, potential candidates such ...

Ten months later, he ran to fill the seat once held by longtime Congresswoman Jackson Lee, who died of pancreatic ... loss," Johnson posted on X. Gov. Greg Abbott said Turner was a man of character.

Shortly after the news broke Wednesday morning of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s death, speculation began about a ...