Georgia senator hospitalized after apartment fall

WASHINGTON (AP) – Georgia U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has been hospitalized after he fell and fractured four ribs.

In a news release Wednesday evening, the senator’s spokeswoman Amanda Maddox said the 74-year-old fell in his Washington apartment Tuesday night.

Maddox says Isakson is “in pain, but resting and doing well.”

The Republican has been a senator since 2005.

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