Democratic Senator Murphy hospitalized after stroke, chief of staff says

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy ‌was hospitalized after suffering ‌a stroke, the senator's chief ​of staff said on Sunday.

Murphy began experienceing numbness in his arm while attending his son's ‌hockey game ⁠on Saturday afternoon, said Allison Herwitt, chief ⁠of staff to the Connecticut senator.

"He was taken to ​a local ​hospital, ​where it was ‌discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding ‌well to treatment," ​she said in ​a ​statement.

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

(Reporting ​by Doina Chiacu; Editing by ​Chizu Nomiyama)