He said the cleveland native had an unmovable commitment to what she believed in that reached beyond even her own district.
JACKSON : She was a champion for people who could not champion their own cause. She supported and did things that may not necessarily have been in her political interest at that time. And the people who benefited from that were not just people in her district, they were just not African American, they were just not women, they were just not American.
Tubbs-Jones endorsed Jackson in his mayoral campaign and attended his inauguration in 2006. The mayor declined to comment on possible successors.