Sen. Chris Murphy’s stroke stories

Nov 6, 2026

Chris Murphy discharged from hospital after stroke, to miss weeks of Senate votes

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) was discharged from Johns Hopkins Hospital after suffering a small hemorrhagic stroke and will spend several weeks at a rehabilitation center, missing Senate votes during recovery. His doctor expects a full recovery.

Nov 6, 20264 sources

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▪Sen. Chris Murphy serves as deputy secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus and sits on the Senate Appropriations, Foreign Relations, and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees
▪Sen. Chris Murphy served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013 before taking office as a U.S. senator in 2013
▪Dr. Jose Suarez, chief of neurosciences critical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital, stated on November 6, 2026, that Sen. Chris Murphy has shown tremendous progress and is expected to make a full recovery following rehabilitation

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Chris Murphy Angie Nixon Abdul El-Sayed

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