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Tim Johnson Recovered From Aneurysm to Preserve Majority

Democrat's rebound kept Senate in his party's control

(Newser) - Tim Johnson, a South Dakota senator whose stroke led to a monthslong drama over which party would control the US Senate before he recovered and returned to his job, died Tuesday in Sioux Falls. He was 77. The cause was complications from a stroke, the New York Times reports. In...

SD Senator's Re-Election Bid in Good Health

GOP foe aside, state rallies behind Johnson after brain hemorrhage

(Newser) - Despite efforts by his Republican challenger to raise the issue of his health, Sen. Tim Johnson looks to be comfortably ahead in his South Dakota re-election bid despite effects of a 2006 brain hemorrhage that often confine him to a wheelchair, the New York Times reports. “We’re a...

Johnson to Run Despite Brain Hemorrhage

Colleagues amassed $2 million campaign chest in his absence

(Newser) - A brain hemorrhage won't stop South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson from seeking reelection, he said yesterday. He is still in therapy and gets around in a motorized wheelchair, but claims he is ready to run. "It is clear to my family, my doctors, and me that I am able...

Senator, on the Mend, Returns to SD
Senator,
on the Mend,
Returns to SD
Aug 29, 2007 9:21 AM CDT

Senator, on the Mend, Returns to SD

Recovering after brain hemorrhage, Johnson to get back to work

(Newser) - Tim Johnson will be back in the Senate next week, and yesterday he returned to South Dakota to declare, "I am back!" What's more, in a series of interviews during his recovery from the brain hemorrhage that threw the control of the Senate into question, he told ABC's...

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