by Taylor Vance and Michael Goldberg, Mississippi Today
February 19, 2025

Editor’s note: This is a developing story that will be updated as new details become available.

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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann on Wednesday morning collapsed while presiding over the state Senate chamber.

Medical staff tended to him as he appeared to be conscious and was sitting upright shortly after he fell.

Senate staff cleared the chamber of people other than senators.

A few minutes before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, as the Senate was about to take up its final appropriation bills for the day, Hosemann slumped over his podium and microphone, then fell to one side. The Legislature quickly removed a video recording of Senate proceedings that showed the incident.

No details on Hosemann’s condition were immediately available. Hosemann is a Vicksburg native.

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