WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico suffered a stroke and underwent surgical procedure over the weekend, his workplace mentioned Tuesday, including that he’s anticipated to make a full restoration.
Lujan, 49, began to expertise dizziness and fatigue on Thursday and checked himself into Christus St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Santa Fe after which transferred to UNM Hospital in Albuquerque the place he was discovered “to have suffered a stroke within the cerebellum, affecting his steadiness,” mentioned Carlos Sanchez, Lujan’s chief of workers, in an announcement.
“As a part of his therapy plan, he subsequently underwent decompressive surgical procedure to ease swelling,” Sanchez added.
His workplace didn’t specify when the first-term senator plans to be again in Washington.
Lujan’s absence from the Senate means Democrats will lack the 50 members wanted for any purely partisan votes.
Democrats wouldn’t want any GOP votes to verify President Joe Biden’s eventual Supreme Court docket nominee as long as the occasion is unified in its assist. Biden has indicated he plans to call his decide earlier than March.
Garrett Haake contributed.
— by way of www.nbcnews.com
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