Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Fetterman Hospitalized With Stroke—But Campaign ‘Isn’t Slowing Down’

John Fetterman was hospitalized Friday after a stroke, but will return to the campaign trail soon.

Fetterman checked in to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital after his wife recognized stroke symptoms.

Fetterman said his campaign isn't slowing down and that he expects to win the party primary.

Fetterman is expected to make a full recovery after doctors removed the clot that caused the stroke, though he must rest before returning to campaigning, he said.

In a video shot at the hospital, the couple joked about how Giselle Fetterman sought medical assistance and was proven right, as always.

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Fetterman was the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, when he worked to revive the suburb after years of decline. Fetterman was described in a New York Times Magazine profile as the "Mayor Rust" for his efforts to create an art scene in the former steel-mill town. Fetterman is polling ahead of his closest Democratic Senate primary rival by 31 points, according to RealClearPolitics. Mehmet Oz, best known for his appearances on the Dr. Oz Show and other TV programs, has declared himself the candidate to beat Fetterman and help the GOP retain the seat. The incumbent senator from Pennsylvania is retiring next year.

Billionaires and big-money families are being sued by Dr. Oz.