Longtime Democratic state senator Jean Breaux has died following an unspecified health complication. Indiana Senate Democratic leader Greg Taylor says in a statement that Breaux died Wednesday. In February, Breaux said through her office that she “encountered an infection of unknown origin” over the holiday season. Breaux, who was elected to the state senate in 2006 to represent parts of northeast Indianapolis and Marion County, was absent from the latest legislative session. She had filed to run for reelection this fall.
