Longtime Tennessee lawmaker Roy Herron dies one week after jet ski crash
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Roy Herron, a former Democratic lawmaker from Tennessee who served nearly three decades in the state House and Senate, died Saturday from injuries he sustained in a jet ski collision a week before. He was 69.
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Herron served 26 years in the state’s House and Senate, where he was floor leader and caucus chair for the Democrats. He chaired the state Democratic Party from 2013 to 2015.
Roy Herron, a former Democratic lawmaker from Tennessee who served nearly three decades in the state House and Senate, died Saturday from injuries he sustained in a jet ski collision a week before. He was 69.
Former Vice President Al Gore, who originally hailed from Tennessee, tweeted that Roy Herron was a "dear friend and one of Tennessee's most devoted citizens."
Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69.
