JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)  A Missouri state senator was being examined at a Jefferson City hospital after becoming light-headed during a debate on education issues.

Republican Sen. Jane Cunningham, of Chesterfield, was driven to St. Mary’s Health Center by her chief of staff Wednesday afternoon. The aide says Cunningham was undergoing tests in the emergency room Wednesday evening.

Sen. Rob Schaaf, who is a family physician from St. Joseph, says Cunningham complained of being light-headed but did not appear to have more serious symptoms.

Cunningham appeared to be conscious as she left the Capitol in a wheelchair.

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