JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A longtime Mississippi lawmaker remains hospitalized, days after having a stroke.
Republican Sen. Terry Burton of Newton was taken to a Jackson hospital Thursday.
Senate President Pro Tempore Gray Tollison told colleagues Monday that Burton is showing “great improvement.” The family of the 62-year-old lawmaker is continuing to ask for privacy.
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Burton has served in the Mississippi Senate since 1992. He was a Democrat until switching parties in December 2002.
He has said he won’t seek re-election this year in his district in Lauderdale, Newton and Scott counties
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