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Alan Gross (born April 13, 1962 in Juneau, Alaska) is an American politician, physician, and commercial fisherman.

Dr. Gross practiced as an orthopedic surgeon in Juneau, beginning in 1994. In 2013, Gross left his practice, along with wife Dr. Monica Gross, to study health care economics, earning a master's of public health at University of California, Los Angeles. In 2017, Gross co-sponsored two unsuccessful ballot initiatives: The Quality Health Insurance for Alaskans Act and the Healthcare for Alaskans Act.

Dr. Gross is winner of the Democratic/Independent primary for the 2020 Alaska Senate election. He is running as an independent against Republican incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan. Dr. Gross has been endorsed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Gross also has the support of The Lincoln Project.

Early life & education
Al was born in Juneau, Alaska. Al's mother, Shari Gross Teeple, was the first Executive Director of the United Fishermen of Alaska and the founder of Alaska’s League of Women Voters. His father, Avrum Gross, was Alaska Attorney General from 1974-1980.

Al bought his first commercial fishing boat at age 14 and continues to commercial fish in Southeast Alaska.

Gross earned an undergraduate degree from Amherst College in 1985. He earned a medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1989, where he met his future wife Monica. He did his Orthopedic Surgery Training at the University of Michigan from 1989-1994. He worked as an orthopedic surgeon from 1994-2019.

In 2013 Dr. Al and Dr. Monica Gross left their medical practices and went back to school. They received master’s degrees in public health at UCLA and studied solutions that would make health care better and at a lower cost.

Health care
Gross has made health care the focal issue of his campaign. Gross endorses a public health care option.

Social policy
Gross is endorsed by Planned Parenthood and by the Human Rights Campaign.

Foreign policy
Gross has said that Russian and Chinese interest in the Arctic must be counterbalanced by a strong U.S. military. He has said that he would be a "staunch defender" of Israel.

Gun policy
Gross has stated that he is a "strong proponent of the Second Amendment," and that he "will vote against banning any guns." He has stated support for background checks on military assault weapons.