Chris Friedel

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chris Friedel

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| state_senate = Montana

| district = 26th

| term_start = January 4, 2021

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| predecessor = Margaret MacDonald

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|08}}

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| party = Republican

| spouse = Leslie

| children = 2

| education = Montana Technological University (BA)

| residence = Billings, Montana

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Christopher Friedel (born December 8, 1979) is an American Republican politician who serves as a member of the Montana Senate for Senate District 26. After defeating Republican state representative Rodney Garcia in the district's primary election, Friedel won the general election in 2020 against incumbent Democrat Margaret MacDonald, the lone Senate seat that switched parties in that year's elections.{{cite web |last1=Hamby |first1=Paul |title=Friedel leads Garcia in race for state Senate seat |url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/friedel-leads-garcia-in-race-for-state-senate-seat/article_f976ce72-ac22-5763-b00f-f71da7b3bb8c.html |website=The Billings Gazette |language=en}}Montana Secretary of State, [https://sosmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/State_Canvass_Legislative.pdf "2020 Legislative General Election Canvass], p. 21, retrieved December 25, 2020. Prior to serving in the Montana Senate, Friedel was a member of the Billings City Council from 2015 to 2019.