{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Randall Friese by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | state_house = Arizona | district = 9th | term_start = January 5, 2015 | term_end = November 15, 2021 | preceded = Ethan Orr | succeeded = Christopher Mathis | birth_name = Randall Scott Friese<ref name=commencement/> | birth_date = {{circa}}{{birth year and age|1964}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | spouse = Susan | party = Democratic | education = University of Maryland, College Park (BS, MD)<br>University of Texas (MS) | allegiance = {{flagu|United States|1960}} | branch = {{flag|United States Navy}} | service_years = 1997–2001 | unit = Navy Medical Corps | rank = 20px Lieutenant commander | battles = }}
'''Randall Scott Friese''' (born {{circa|1964}})<ref name = NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/15medical.html?_r=0|title=From Bloody Scene to E.R., Lifesaving Choices in Tucson|first1=Denise|last1=Grady|first2=Jennifer|last2=Medina|work=The New York Times|date=January 14, 2011|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> is an American surgeon and politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Friese served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2015 through 2021, when he resigned to focus on his medical career.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/11/04/arizona-house-members-charlene-fernandez-randy-friese-resign/6290507001/| title=More vacancies at Legislature: Reps. Charlene Fernandez, Randy Friese submit resignations | author=Ray Stern| work=Arizona Republic| date=Nov 8, 2021 }}</ref>
==Education== Friese earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1986.<ref name=commencement>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/commencementmay1986univ |title=Commencement |date=May 27, 1986 |page=28 |publisher=The University of Maryland College Park |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> He received a medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1990<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/bitstream/handle/10713/3888/1990-1999.pdf |title=Commencement 1990 |date=May 25, 1990 |page=13 |publisher=University of Maryland at Baltimore |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> and a Master of Science in clinical sciences from the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School in 2008.<ref name=tucson>{{cite web|url=http://tucson.com/elections/randy-friese/candidate_c8c03de8-ea99-11e3-8e5b-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Candidate : Randy Friese|work=tucson.com|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>
== Career == From 1997 to 2001, Friese served in the United States Navy's Medical Corps. He left the service as a lieutenant commander.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/news/local/two-democratic-incumbents-gop-newcomer-seek-ld9-seats-in-arizona-house/article_4268dcb3-5e0d-5d68-8af3-c4999bdec487.html|title=Two Democratic incumbents, GOP newcomer seek LD9 seats in Arizona House|first=Carmen|last=Duarte|website=Arizona Daily Star|date=September 5, 2020 }}</ref>
Friese is a trauma surgeon,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/03/21/gosar-challenge-mccain/25170257/|title=Gosar won't challenge McCain|date=March 21, 2015|work=azcentral|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> and he served as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona Medical Center. He now is a surgeon for Banner Health following the 2015 merger with UAHN.<ref name=tucson/> He treated Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and nine-year-old Christina Taylor-Green after they were shot in the 2011 Tucson shooting.<ref name = NYT/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-08-giffords-shooting-chain-of-events-chapter-4_N.htm|title=Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Desperate for word|first=Shaun |last=McKinnon|work=USA Today|date=February 8, 2011|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>
===Arizona House of Representatives=== Friese ran for the Arizona House of Representatives in District 9 as a member of the Democratic Party in the 2014 elections. He defeated Republican incumbent Ethan Orr by 0.12% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv.azpm.org/s/25475-incumbent-ethan-orr-ousted-in-state-house-race/|title=Incumbent Ethan Orr Ousted in State House Race|work=azpm.org|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/11/12/legislature-state-retain-partisan-makeup/18952635/|title=Legislature, state retain same partisan makeup|first=Mary Jo|last=Pitzl|work=The Arizona Republic |date=November 12, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/General/Canvass2014GE.pdf|title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 9 |access-date= March 18, 2016}}</ref>
On March 25, 2021, Friese announced he would run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 election.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/gabby-giffords-trauma-surgeon-house-run-477973|title = Citing gun violence, Gabby Giffords' trauma surgeon enters race for her old House seat|work = Politico|date = March 25, 2021|accessdate = March 25, 2021|last = Mutnick|first = Ally}}</ref> He ended his campaign on September 2, 2021, citing his commitment to practicing medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, and resigned from the legislature effective November 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/570691-az-state-senator-who-saved-gabby-giffordss-life-ends-congressional-bid|title=Ariz. state senator who saved Gabby Giffords's life ends congressional bid due to COVID-19 surge|first=Olafimihan|last=Oshin|date=September 2, 2021|website=TheHill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hansen|first=Ronald J.|title=Arizona Rep. Randy Friese ends congressional bid, says he can't quit medicine during COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/09/03/randy-friese-ends-congressional-bid-arizona-covid-19/5715500001/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite web|url=http://surgery.arizona.edu/faculty-profile/randall-s-friese-md|title=Randall S. Friese, MD: Department of Surgery|work=University of Arizona}} * [https://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=45&Legislature=52&Session_ID=115 Legislative page] {{CongLinks|votesmart=153849}}
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