OH-11: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies

Sad news:

After suffering a massive aneurysm while behind the wheel Tuesday night in Cleveland, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) is in grave condition and may be taken off of life support as early as this afternoon, according to WOIO in Cleveland.

Tubbs Jones was “for all intents and purposes dead when they brought her into the hospital” Tuesday night, the station reported in a breaking news update that interrupted regular morning programming.

The station, reporting from outside Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, where Tubbs Jones was brought Tuesday night, said her condition was “grave.” The report also indicated that life support could be “withdrawn sometime [Wednesday] afternoon.”

Our thoughts are with Tubbs Jones and her family.

UPDATE: Roll Call confirms the sad news: Tubbs Jones has died.

UPDATE (2:46PM): Now Roll Call and the Plain Dealer are reporting that Tubbs Jones is on life support with “limited brain function”.

Final Update: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has passed away, her family confirms.

22 thoughts on “OH-11: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies”

  1. Reports are saying she has passed away.  I know she rubbed some people the wrong way a bit during the campaign, but she was a remarkable woman.  She was close friends with our late Congresswoman, Julia Carson, and visited Indianapolis on occasion.  Her and Julia were in many respects cut from the same cloth in terms of politics and personality.  Blunt and abrasive at times — and effective, tireless advocates for lower income, central city people.  There aren’t enough like her around.

  2. I remember during the Democratic Primary how despite all the pressure from other members and even some of her black colleagues, Tubbs Jones remained committed to Hillary to the end. I think she said something like:

    I believe in her, and I’m not going to abandon her.

    No matter how much I disagreed or anyone else disagreed during that time, you have to admire her courage and convicition.

    R.I.P Congresswoman.

  3. To keep her on life support until her family can get there to see her one last time.  My friend had to do the same thing when his grandfather was on life support.  They kept him on it just long enough for the family to fly in and say goodbye.  

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