New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to Undergo Surgery for ‘Likely Cancerous’ Kidney Tumor

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is seen in Oceanport, N.J., in a file photograph. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for William Hill Race & Sports Bar

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has a likely cancerous tumor on his left kidney that will be surgically removed in early March, he announced on Feb. 23.

“Friends—I’ve got a tumor on my left kidney and will undergo a partial nephrectomy in early March to remove it,” Murphy, a Democrat, wrote on Twitter on Saturday evening, adding that “the prognosis is very good and I’m profoundly grateful to my doctors for detecting the tumor early.”