Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, 53, suffered a stroke on Saturday and is recovering at Johns Hopkins, his office announced on Sunday.
Murphy felt numbness in his arm while at his son’s hockey game on Saturday afternoon. He was taken to a local hospital, where doctors found he had had a stroke, and he was then transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring.
“Yesterday afternoon, Senator Murphy started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son’s hockey game. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke,” his chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement. “He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment. The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”
His office gave no timetable for his release from the hospital.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who himself recovered from a stroke in 2022, were among those who sent well-wishes on Sunday.
Murphy, a Democrat, is one of his party’s leading voices on gun policy. He is not on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections.
