HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz issued statements Sunday wishing U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy a speedy recovery after the Democratic senator was hospitalized with a stroke.

Murphy, 53, began feeling numbness in his arm Saturday afternoon while at his son's hockey game and was taken to a local hospital, where doctors found he had suffered a stroke, his chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement Sunday. He was then transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment, she said.

"The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery," Herwitt said.

Bysiewicz said she had been with Murphy on Friday evening, when he was "energetically encouraging voters to participate in the upcoming election," and was glad to hear he is doing well.

"We are all wishing Chris a speedy recovery and keeping him in our thoughts and prayers," Bysiewicz said.

Lamont said he had also been with Murphy as the senator urged Connecticut residents to vote.

"There is no stronger advocate for our democracy, and no one who fights harder for the people of this state," Lamont said. "Chris is a great friend to Connecticut and to me personally, and Annie and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers."

Lamont added that he was sure Murphy "will be walking across the state again very soon."

Murphy has represented Connecticut in the Senate since 2013 after three terms in the U.S. House. He had been campaigning for Democratic candidates ahead of Tuesday's election.

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