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What We Know About Mitch McConnell’s Health After Medics Responded To ‘Cardiac Arrest’ At His Home
Forbes • • nation
Key Points:
- Senator Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized twice in 2024, most recently four and a half months ago for flu-like symptoms, after which he received a positive prognosis and quickly returned to the Senate.
- McConnell will have served 42 years in the Senate by the time his term ends in January 2025, marking a long and influential political career.
- He has faced several health challenges in recent years, including a concussion, fractured rib, leg stiffness from falls, and episodes during public speaking that neurologists suggest may have been mini seizures.
- McConnell’s occasional wheelchair use has been linked to lingering effects of polio from his childhood, according to his office.
- The upcoming midterm election to replace McConnell features Rep. Andy Barr, a Republican favored to win, against former Rep. Charles Booker, a Democrat.
