Fetterman released from hospital after stroke and surgery


Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, one of the most popular candidates in the state’s Senate primary races, is leaving the hospital.

Fetterman was released more than a week after he suffered a stroke.

“I am feeling great, but per my doctor’s orders, and Gisele’s orders, I am going to continue to rest and recover. Later this week I will have a follow-up visit with my doctors at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital,” Fetterman said in a statement. “I am going to take the time I need now to rest and get to 100% so I can go full speed soon and flip this seat blue.”

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Fetterman, who maintained a 30-point lead over his chief primary rival, according to a RealClearPolitics average, revealed his sudden medical troubles in a statement on May 15, saying that he had gone to the hospital for a checkup after he began feeling ill. The 52-year-old lieutenant governor said that he “hadn’t been feeling well, but was so focused on the campaign that I ignored the signs and just kept going.”

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Fetterman, a progressive, defeated Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), a 37-year-old who campaigned as a centrist, in last week’s Democratic Senate primary.

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