NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A spokesman for the Senate Democrats says veteran state Sen. Douglas Henry has been taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for tests.
Colby Sledge said the 85-year-old Nashville Democrat began to experience high blood pressure and felt dizzy in a caucus meeting after the Senate floor session ended Tuesday.
Sledge said Henry was lucid and talking and even tried to discuss a bill with Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro as he was leaving for the hospital.
Henry has been a state senator since 1970. His District 21 seat represents southwestern Nashville, including some of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods.
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