Chenoweth-Hage Falls Ill At Convention

U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage, R-Idaho, left the Republican National Convention to see a doctor in Washington and may have walking pneumonia, an aide said Tuesday.

The congresswoman has been ill for several days with a sore throat and headache and was persuaded by her husband, Wayne Hage, to return to Washington, spokeswoman Elizabeth Schwarzer said.

“She’s stubborn and didn’t want to go but we want her to go to the doctor,” Schwarzer said.

The conservative lawmaker, who is retiring at the end of this session, was not a formal delegate but had intended to spend the week with the Idaho delegation.