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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat who retired from the House of Representatives after 30 years in of...

‘She was a remarkable and loving mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great grandmother, as well as a trailblazer and public servant’

Johnson, the first Black woman elected to any seat in Dallas and the first Black Dallasite to serve in Congress, was a towering figure in Texas politics.

Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, has died. She was 88.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat who retired from the House of Representatives after 30 years in of...

Trailblazing former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has died at 88

Johnson was elected to represent Texas' 30th District in the House of Representatives in 1992. She would hold that seat for 30 years, winning reelection 15 times.

Former U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat who retired from the House of Representatives after 30 years in office, died at 88, her family said on social media on Sunday. Johnson, who represented a district in Texas that includes downtown Dallas, was the first person of color to serve as Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and was the oldest member of the House when she left office in January 2023. "She was a remarkable and loving mother, mother-in...

Johnson, the first Black woman elected to any seat in Dallas and the first Black Dallasite to serve in Congress, was a towering figure in Texas politics.