Michelle Au

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Michelle Au
Image of Michelle Au
Georgia House of Representatives District 50
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Georgia State Senate District 48
Successor: Shawn Still
Predecessor: Zahra Karinshak

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Hunter College High School, 1995

Bachelor's

Wellesley College, 1999

Graduate

Columbia University, 2019

Medical

Columbia University, 2003

Personal
Profession
Physician
Contact

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Michelle Au (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 50. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Au (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 50. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Michelle Au lives in Johns Creek, Georgia.[1] Au graduated from Hunter College High School in 1995.[1][2] She earned a B.A. in psychobiology from Wellesley College in 1999, an M.D. from Columbia University in 2003, and an M.P.H. from Columbia University in 2019.[1][2][3] Au's career experience includes working as an anesthesiologist and equity partner with Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C., a public speaker, and an author.[2][3][4]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].

2023-2024

Au was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Au was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Incumbent Michelle Au defeated Narender Reddy in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Au
Michelle Au (D)
 
55.3
 
15,868
Image of Narender Reddy
Narender Reddy (R)
 
44.7
 
12,801

Total votes: 28,669
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Incumbent Michelle Au advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Au
Michelle Au
 
100.0
 
2,223

Total votes: 2,223
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Narender Reddy advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Narender Reddy
Narender Reddy
 
100.0
 
1,405

Total votes: 1,405
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Michelle Au defeated Narender Reddy in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Au
Michelle Au (D)
 
54.0
 
11,989
Image of Narender Reddy
Narender Reddy (R) Candidate Connection
 
46.0
 
10,198

Total votes: 22,187
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Narender Reddy defeated Betsy Kramer in the Republican primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on June 21, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Narender Reddy
Narender Reddy Candidate Connection
 
50.3
 
936
Image of Betsy Kramer
Betsy Kramer Candidate Connection
 
49.7
 
925

Total votes: 1,861
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Michelle Au advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Au
Michelle Au
 
100.0
 
3,565

Total votes: 3,565
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50

Betsy Kramer and Narender Reddy advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jill Trammell in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 50 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betsy Kramer
Betsy Kramer Candidate Connection
 
46.1
 
2,273
Image of Narender Reddy
Narender Reddy Candidate Connection
 
28.0
 
1,378
Image of Jill Trammell
Jill Trammell Candidate Connection
 
25.9
 
1,279

Total votes: 4,930
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 48

Michelle Au defeated Matt Reeves in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 48 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Au
Michelle Au (D) Candidate Connection
 
56.2
 
49,184
Image of Matt Reeves
Matt Reeves (R) Candidate Connection
 
43.8
 
38,358

Total votes: 87,542
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 48

Michelle Au defeated Josh Uddin in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 48 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Au
Michelle Au Candidate Connection
 
77.6
 
16,238
Image of Josh Uddin
Josh Uddin Candidate Connection
 
22.4
 
4,677

Total votes: 20,915
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 48

Matt Reeves advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 48 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Reeves
Matt Reeves Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
11,255

Total votes: 11,255
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Endorsements

To view Au's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Michelle Au did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Michelle Au did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Michelle Au completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Au's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I'm a first generation Chinese-American, and the proud product of a public school education. After graduating from Wellesley College, I attended medical school at Columbia University, where I also earned a Masters Degree in Public Health. I'm a physician currently practicing in Atlanta, GA.

I became a doctor because I wanted to help people and fix difficult problems. My decision to enter this new phase of public service stems from that same desire. Because it doesn't take much time in clinical practice to realize that many of the factors leading to unhealthy communities are beyond our ability to remedy at the bedside.

There has never been a more important time to have experienced science and healthcare voices in the Georgia General Assembly. Factors like access to affordable healthcare, access to economic opportunity, access to quality education, and public safety are broader issues than I want to address as state Senator, and the goals of my candidacy are an extension of that Hippocratic oath I took years ago. I want to help people, and that's why I'm running for office.

  • Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, both from a public health and an economic standpoint, is going to take a steady, experienced hand with real-world knowledge of how health and its social factors are interconnected. There has never been a more important time to have voices with expertise in science and healthcare in the legislative arena.
  • Uniform access to a high-quality education is one of the key ways to establish social equity from the ground up, and I am dedicated strengthening and modernizing public education in the state of Georgia. I've already invested my most precious asset into this system-my three children. So yes, this issue is personal and I know it is personal to every resident in District 48.
  • It is one of my priorities to ensure that metro Atlanta and Georgia adopt and fund viable public transportation options. I see it as our path to solving our traffic problems, growing economic opportunity, and investing in a cleaner environment.

As a physician with an advanced degree in public health and more than two decades of experience in frontline healthcare, I think I would contribute meaningfully to the General Assembly in this moment in history, particularly in the realm of health policy. I believe I would make a difference in the area I serve by bringing a brand of personal experience, perspective, and scientific literacy that the state has sorely been lacking. I seek to be a bulwark against interests that seek to dismantle patient protections and attacks against public health that I see as vital to our state's forward progress.


I seek to be a reasoned, pragmatic, date-driven voice to cut through partisan arguments. I think that, in this day and age of partisan politics, it's a perspective that we desperately need, and I seek to be that voice and to do the work required to get there.

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Campaign finance summary


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Michelle Au campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Georgia House of Representatives District 50Won general$369,050 $279,456
2022Georgia House of Representatives District 50Won general$260,583 $0
2020Georgia State Senate District 48Won general$393,795 N/A**
Grand total$1,023,429 $279,456
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Angelika Kausche (D)
Georgia House of Representatives District 50
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Zahra Karinshak (D)
Georgia State Senate District 48
2021-2023
Succeeded by
Shawn Still (R)


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