Former Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, his family announced.
Burns, age 74, was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, after suffering the stroke at about 9 p.m. Wednesday night, at his home in Arlington, Virginia.
Burns was first elected to the Senate in 1988, defeating incumbent Democratic Sen. John Melcher. He was re-elected in 1994 and 2000, but was narrowly defeated in 2006 by Democrat Jon Tester, by a margin of 49%-48%.