Posted by Barton Lorimor
Illinois Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson remains at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis today after suffering what officials in his office are calling a “mild stroke” while campaigning in southern Illinois.
A report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said Watson was in “satisfactory condition” and is directing his staff in Springfield, Greenville and Decatur.
Watson spokeswoman Patty Schuh could not immediately be reached for comment.
The same report said Watson had been campaigning with Republican Ken Burzynski, who is challenging current Sen. Gary Forby in a race for control of the state’s 59th Senate district.
