PITTSBURGH — Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat, was discharged Sunday from the Lancaster hospital the place he had been staying since struggling a stroke earlier this month.

In a press release late Sunday morning, Fetterman, 52, stated he was “feeling nice” however would spend the approaching days resting at residence on the recommendation of his docs (and his spouse, Gisele Fetterman). He stated he’ll make a follow-up go to to Penn Drugs Lancaster Basic Hospital later within the week.

“I couldn’t be happier to lastly be heading residence to be with my household. … I need to take a second and thank everybody; Gisele, myself, and the children have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of help from people throughout the commonwealth,” Fetterman stated.

Gisele Fetterman tweeted a video Sunday morning of her husband flashing a large grin and a double thumbs-up whereas strolling out of the hospital.

Fetterman marketing campaign’s introduced Might 15 — simply days earlier than the Democratic major, which he proceeded to win in a landslide — that he had been admitted to the hospital two days earlier, on Might 13. He stated on the time that he hadn’t been feeling nicely and went to the hospital on his spouse’s recommendation to get checked out.

He “had a stroke that was attributable to a clot from my coronary heart being in an (atrial fibrillation) rhythm for too lengthy,” the marketing campaign assertion stated on Might 15.

Atrial fibrillation is “an irregular, typically very quick heartbeat,” based on the Mayo Clinic. The Nationwide Institute of Neurological Problems and Stroke, a analysis company inside the Nationwide Institutes of Well being, says atrial fibrillation “will increase a person’s threat of stroke by 4 to 6 instances on common.”

Fetterman added that he was feeling higher and docs advised him he didn’t endure any cognitive harm.

“I’m nicely on my option to a full restoration,” Fetterman stated within the Might 15 announcement.

Two days later — as Pennsylvanians headed to the polls — he solid his personal vote by way of emergency absentee poll, then underwent surgical procedure to have a pacemaker put in. His marketing campaign stated the surgical procedure was profitable and would “defend his coronary heart and deal with the underlying reason behind his stroke.”

Whereas Fetterman recovered, Democratic voters in Pennsylvania handed him a convincing victory within the U.S. Senate major: He carried all 67 counties in Pennsylvania and gained 58.9% of the vote, getting greater than two votes for each one which second-place finisher Conor Lamb acquired.

Lamb, who left his seat within the Home of Representatives to run for Senate, wound up with 26.3% of the vote. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta was third with 10.8%, and Jenkintown Borough Councilwoman Alex Khalil was fourth with 4.2%.

Along with her husband within the hospital, Gisele Fetterman stepped into the limelight in his stead, headlining his election night time occasion on the Hyatt on the campus of Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport.

“You’ll have observed I’m not John Fetterman, the following senator of our nice state,” she joked Tuesday night time to cheers from supporters in attendance.

In November’s normal election for U.S. Senate — a race that’s already one of the vital watched throughout the nation — Fetterman will face both movie star surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz or former hedge fund govt David McCormick. The present seat-holder, Republican Pat Toomey, is retiring when his second time period expires in 2023.

McCormick and Oz are locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the Republican nomination that continues to be too near name. The 2 leaders are separated by barely a thousand votes out of the 1.3 million-plus recorded to date, or about 0.08%.

That’s nicely inside the necessities for an computerized statewide recount. Outcomes inside a 0.5% margin are required to go for a statewide recount, which the Pennsylvania Division of State might want to announce later this week. Such a recount would should be accomplished by June 8, based on the state election code, that means it could be weeks till Fetterman learns whom his opponent will likely be.

The Related Press, which is the official supply the Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette and most media shops use to name election winners, stated Friday it could not be making a name within the race.

Former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Oz over McCormick, urged Oz on Wednesday to easily “declare victory” earlier than all of the votes had been tallied. In the meantime, each the McCormick and Oz campaigns are already planning for a recount and have employed recount consultants and strategists from Washington and Philadelphia.

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(Submit-Gazette employees writers Gillian McGoldrick and Julian Routh contributed to this report.)

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