Surgeon Who Treated Gabby Giffords After 2011 Assassination Attempt Announces Congressional Bid
Randy Friese.Photo: Ross D Franklin/AP/Shutterstock Dr. Randy Friese, who has been in the Arizona state legislature since 2015, said Thursday that gun violence, theCOVID-19 pandemicand extremist right-wing efforts to overturn the 2020 election were reasons he wanted to seek a seat in the House of Representatives. Giffords, 50, went through an extensive recovery after the 2011 shooting, which killed six people, and she returned to the House floor seven months later to a standing ovation....