Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized after suffering a stroke on Saturday while attending his son's hockey game.
Murphy, 53, noticed numbness in his arm during the game, and doctors at a local hospital confirmed the stroke before transferring him to Johns Hopkins in Maryland.
He is responding well to treatment there.
"The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery," his chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement Sunday.
Murphy had been traveling the country to support Democratic candidates in the midterm elections and was scheduled to appear in New Hampshire on Sunday.
The Connecticut Democrat is viewed as a possible 2028 presidential contender and has spoken out frequently against the president.
Verified Facts
- Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized after suffering a stroke. (New York Post, CBS News, NBC News)
- The stroke occurred while Sen. Chris Murphy was at his son's hockey game. (New York Post, CBS News, NBC News)
- Sen. Chris Murphy felt numbness in his arm during the game on Saturday. (New York Post, CBS News, NBC News)
- Doctors at the local hospital discovered that Sen. Chris Murphy had experienced a stroke. (CBS News, NBC News)
- Sen. Chris Murphy was transferred to Johns Hopkins in Maryland. (New York Post, CBS News, NBC News)
- Sen. Chris Murphy is awake and alert at Johns Hopkins. (New York Post, CBS News, NBC News)
- Sen. Chris Murphy is responding well to treatment at Johns Hopkins. (CBS News, NBC News)
- The doctors are encouraged by Sen. Chris Murphy's progress. (CBS News, NBC News)
- Murphy, 53, is not up for re-election this year but has traversed the country on behalf of Democratic candidates running for elected office. (NBC News)
- Murphy — a rumored 2028 presidential contender — had been crisscrossing the country stumping for midterm candidates and was expected in New Hampshire on Sunday. (New York Post)
- The Connecticut Democrat has been viewed as a possible 2028 White House contender, and has crisscrossed the country in recent weeks propping up Democrats in the midterm elections. (CBS News)
- Murphy is an outspoken critic of the president. (NBC News)
