Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones died today after suffering an aneurysm, according to CNN's homepage. She was found collapsed in her car last night by police. She was only 58. Rep. Tubbs-Jones is the first black woman to represent Ohio in congress, and was a strong supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton in the primaries, before switching her support to Obama in June. In 2005, she interrupted the joint session vote tally of electoral votes to protest voting irregularities in Ohio, and challenged the allotment of the state's 20 electoral votes to President Bush. -- A. Serwer Update: Reports of her death are, thankfully, incorrect -- though she's still in intensive care.
