Former Sen. Kay Hagan Kay Ruthven HaganThe Hill's Campaign Report: Democratic Unity Taskforce unveils party platform recommendations Democrats awash with cash in battle for Senate The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump's job approval erodes among groups that powered his 2016 victory MORE (D-N.C.) is in intensive care after being rushed to a Washington D.C. hospital, according to reports.

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Hagan, 63, was taken to the hospital Thursday after falling seriously ill, the Lakeland Ledger first reported.

Her brother, Joe L. Ruthven, said she did not have a heart attack and is not in a coma, but did not specify her condition any further.

“We don’t want any miscommunication or overreaction,” her brother said.

“Kay is receiving the best possible medical care and we are very thankful for her doctors and nurses who are working tirelessly to help her get well,” the family said in a statement, according to the News & Observer.

The former Democratic senator served in the Senate from 2009 until she lost her re-election bid to Thom Tillis Thomas (Thom) Roland TillisThe Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA head questions connection of climate change to natural disasters | Pebble Mine executives eye future expansion in recorded conversations | EPA questions science linking widely used pesticide to brain damage in children Liberal super PAC launches ads targeting vulnerable GOP senators over SCOTUS fight MORE in 2014.

Tillis tweeted in response to the news on Saturday, wishing Hagan a "speedy recovery."