Sen. Chris Murphy discharged from Johns Hopkins after hemorrhagic stroke

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was discharged from The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a small hemorrhagic stroke that occurred last weekend, his office said on Friday. Murphy, 53, indicated he will spend “several weeks at a rehabilitation center” as part of his recovery.

"Last Saturday afternoon, I felt something was not right with my body and called 9-1-1 out of an abundance of caution, and I’m glad I did," Murphy said in a written statement. "I was diagnosed with a small bleed in the thalamus region of my brain."

He added that he is staying engaged with his team and colleagues remotely while his staff continues to pursue legislative priorities and serve constituents.

Johns Hopkins chief of neurosciences critical care Dr. Jose Suarez said Murphy “has shown tremendous progress, and at the current rate of improvement, we expect that he will make a full recovery following rehabilitation.”

Murphy’s chief of staff Allison Herwitt noted that the senator experienced numbness in his arm while at his son’s hockey game, prompting transport to a local hospital and later transfer to Johns Hopkins for monitoring. She said he was awake, alert, and responding well to treatment.

The senator, who is not up for re-election this year, has been active in campaigning for fellow Democrats and is viewed as a potential 2028 presidential contender. He serves as deputy secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus and sits on the Appropriations, Foreign Relations, and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees.