Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke, Transferred to Johns Hopkins for Monitoring
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Saturday, his chief of staff said Sunday. He is awake, alert and responding well to treatment at Johns Hopkins, where doctors are encouraged by his progress.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, his chief of staff said Sunday, Nov. 1. Murphy, 53, is awake and alert and is responding well to treatment after being transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring.
According to chief of staff Allison Herwitt, Murphy began feeling numbness in his arm while attending his son’s hockey game on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 31. He was taken to a local hospital, where doctors found he had experienced a stroke, and he was then transferred to Johns Hopkins.
“The doctors are encouraged by his progress,” Herwitt said in a statement. “He is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”
Messages from colleagues
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said in a post on X that he had been with Murphy two days earlier as Murphy encouraged Connecticut residents to vote on Tuesday. Lamont wrote that Murphy is a friend to Connecticut and to him personally, and that he and his wife Annie were keeping Murphy and his family in their prayers.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, also offered support in a post on X. Fetterman suffered a stroke in 2022 while campaigning for his seat, and he wrote that, as someone who survived a near-fatal stroke, he understands how much it changes a person’s life. He said his family is rooting for Murphy and his family for a full and speedy recovery.
Murphy’s Senate career
Murphy was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 and then to the Senate in 2012. He is not on the midterm election ballot this year. He serves on the Appropriations Committee and is one of the Senate’s leading voices on immigration and on gun control, including bipartisan firearm safety legislation dating back to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
The statement did not give a timeline for his return to the Senate. USA TODAY described its report as a developing story that will be updated.
Reporting based on coverage by USA TODAY.
