Lieutenant Governor, A Levittown Native, Taken to Hospital in Capitol


Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley on Friday at Parx Casino in Bensalem. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley on Friday at Parx Casino in Bensalem.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley, a Levittown native, was rushed to Harrisburg Hospital in Pennsylvania’s capitol city after feeling off Monday late afternoon, according to various reports.

PennLive.com said the 44-year-old former Bucks County Commissioner began “feeling dizzy and light-headed while presiding over the state Senate.” A nurse looked over the man who is a heartbeat away from leading the state and told him to go to the hospital, CBS3.com reported.

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The lieutenant governor’s chief of staff told PennLive.com his boss was awake and had no other serious symptoms at the hospital.

A spokesman for the  lieutenant governor said was undergoing tests and his wife, Suzanne, was with him, a story posted on ABC27.com said.

Cawley, a Bishop Egan High School and Temple University graduate, was in Bucks County on Friday afternoon to speak about the county’s growing tourism industry.

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Cawley was current Governor Tom Corbetts running mate in 2010 and is in his first term. He is married and has one young son.