A health scare for the US Democrats as Senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke. Murphy reportedly began experiencing numbness in his arm while attending his son’s hockey game on Saturday afternoon. His chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said he was transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment.The Connecticut Democrat has been campaigning across the country for party candidates ahead of the US midterm elections, with recent stops in Michigan, Minnesota and Florida. He had also been scheduled to attend campaign events in New Hampshire on Sunday.