Roy Herron, longtime Tennessee Democratic lawmaker, dies after injuries from jet ski accident

Source: Associated Press

Roy Herron, longtime Tennessee Democratic lawmaker, dies after injuries from jet ski accident

BY MEG KINNARD
Published 7:53 PM EDT, July 9, 2023

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.

Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since a July 1 collision with another jet ski on Kentucky Lake, in which he suffered internal bleeding and extensive injuries to his arm and pelvis, according to his family’s Caring Bridge website.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency was investigating the collision, the details of which were not immediately available.

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Herron, an attorney from Dresden, Tennessee, served a combined 26 years in the state’s House and Senate, where he became floor leader and caucus chair for the Democrats. He never missed a day of session, except for when his youngest son was born, according to his website. He chaired the state Democratic Party from 2013 to 2015.

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