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Sen. Chris Murphy, 53, had a stroke and is expected to recover, office says

Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut had a stroke on Saturday and is hospitalized, awake and alert, his chief of staff said Sunday.

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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., had a stroke on Saturday and is in the hospital. His chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement on Sunday that the office is optimistic he will make a full recovery.

Herwitt said Murphy is "awake and alert" and responding well to treatment, and that doctors are encouraged by his progress. Fox News reports he was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring.

Herwitt said Murphy began feeling numbness in his arm on Saturday afternoon while at his son's hockey game. At the hospital, doctors found he had had a stroke. The Guardian and PBS NewsHour give his age as 53.

Murphy is not up for re-election in the midterms but has been campaigning for Democrats, according to Fox News and Al Jazeera. The New York Times says he has been viewed as a possible 2028 presidential candidate.

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  1. Fox NewsConnecticut Dem Sen Chris Murphy hospitalized for strokeSun, Nov 1, 12:33 PM EST
  2. CBS NewsSen. Chris Murphy hospitalized following strokeSun, Nov 1, 12:52 PM EST
  3. The New York TimesSenator Chris Murphy Is ‘Awake and Alert’ After Suffering a StrokeSun, Nov 1, 12:58 PM EST
  4. NBC NewsSen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after strokeSun, Nov 1, 1:01 PM EST
  5. CNBCConnecticut Sen. Chris Murphy has stroke and is in the hospital, office saysSun, Nov 1, 1:08 PM EST
  6. The HillChris Murphy hospitalized following strokeSun, Nov 1, 1:11 PM EST
  7. ABC NewsSen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after suffering a stroke, chief of staff saysSun, Nov 1, 1:28 PM EST
  8. NPRConnecticut Senator Chris Murphy is hospitalized with a strokeSun, Nov 1, 2:00 PM EST
  9. The GuardianConnecticut senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after strokeSun, Nov 1, 2:27 PM EST
  10. PBS NewsHourConnecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke, his office saysSun, Nov 1, 4:20 PM EST
  11. Al JazeeraHigh-ranking US Democratic senator suffers strokeSun, Nov 1, 5:32 PM EST
  12. CBS NewsConnecticut Sen. Chris Murphy reportedly "awake" and recovering from strokeSun, Nov 1, 9:03 PM EST

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Earlier versions (3)
  1. Sun, Nov 1, 4:20 PM EST, 10 outlets: Sen. Chris Murphy, 53, had a stroke and is expected to recover, chief of staff says
  2. Sun, Nov 1, 1:30 PM EST, 6 outlets: Sen. Chris Murphy had a stroke Saturday and is responding well to treatment
  3. Sun, Nov 1, 1:10 PM EST, 3 outlets: Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke, his office says