Life and career
Andrew Gray grew up in Friendswood,Texas,outside of Houston.
Gray attended Occidental College and the University of Texas at Austin,where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 1998. Upon graduation,he moved to Anchorage,Alaska,where he worked at Barnes &Noble on C Street. He went on to earn a Master of Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 2012. He practiced as an Emergency Medicine physician assistant in Beverly Hills,Roseville,and Santa Cruz,California,before taking a job at the Alaska VA health center in 2016. He practiced medicine primarily at the Anchorage campus,but also at the VA’s satellite locations in Kenai,Juneau,Wasilla,and Fairbanks.
Gray also served as a physician assistant in the Army National Guard from 2014 –2023. [4] He deployed to Kosovo in 2019 with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-297th Infantry Battalion where he was awarded the meritorious service medal. [5] [4]
In 2022,Gray defeated Scott Kohlhaas,Jordan Harary and Paul Bauer in the general election for the 20th district of the Alaska House of Representatives,winning 54 percent of the votes. [6] He succeeded Ivy Spohnholz. He is the first openly gay man elected to the Alaska Legislature. [3] He assumed office in 2023,and was re-elected in 2024. [7] Gray serves as a member of the House Majority Coalition,Chair of House Judiciary Committee, [8] [9] Co-Chair of the House Joint Armed Services Committee, [8] [4] and as a member of House Health &Social Services Committee,and House Military &Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Since 2021,Gray hosts a weekly interview podcast called East Anchorage Book Club, [10] which tells the stories of Alaskans of interest and importance.
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