{{Short description|American politician (born 1976)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Michelle Udall |image = Michelle Udall by Gage Skidmore.jpg |state_house = Arizona |district = 25th |alongside = Russell Bowers |term_start = January 9, 2017 |term_end = January 9, 2023 |predecessor = Justin Olson |successor = Tim Dunn |birth_name = Michelle Miles |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|3|23}} |birth_place = Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = Jesse Udall |children = 4 |relatives = ''Udall family'' |education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Arizona State University, Tempe (BS)<br>Grand Canyon University (MA) }}
'''Michelle Udall''' ({{nee}} '''Miles'''; born March 23, 1976) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 25 in 2016 until 2023. She is also a former member of the Mesa school board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_e0089c1e-6fa0-11e6-827f-63385d2af34c.html |title=Two East Valley legislators lose primary election fights | Arizona |publisher=eastvalleytribune.com |access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref>
== Biography == Michelle Miles married Jesse Udall,{{When|date=September 2022}} the namesake grandson of Jesse Addison Udall and a member of the prominent Udall family.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-26 |title=A Different Kind of Udall |url=https://www.phoenixmag.com/2019/09/26/a-different-kind-of-udall/ |access-date=2020-07-15 |work=PHOENIX magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-01-16 |title=Udall prepares history lesson |pages=5 |work=Arizona Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/125732301/ |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She has been described by ''The Arizona Republic'' as a moderate Republican.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona-education/2018/04/05/gop-lawmakers-want-make-easier-use-controversial-voucher-program-again/440222002/|title=Kids already in private schools could receive tuition vouchers under GOP plan|website=azcentral|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona-education/2019/01/23/new-republican-bill-would-expand-vouchers-arizona-school-victims/2651010002/|title=2nd Republican bill proposes to expand Arizona voucher program two months after voters say 'no'|last1=O'Dell|first1=Rob|last2=Sanchez|first2=Yvonne Wingett|website=azcentral|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>
In February 2022, Udall alongside fellow Republican Arizona House members Regina Cobb and Joanne Osborne crossed party lines to vote against HB 2811, a bill that would have banned manufacturing or prescribing medication that would cause an abortion, citing the multiple uses of those medications.<ref>{{cite web |last=Christie |first=Bob |title=Republicans help defeat Arizona abortion pill ban |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-arizona-legislature-medication-f9ccf6c31aa2ce6f2f3d8cfc03ca9601 |publisher=AP News}}</ref>
==Elections== * 2014 - Udall was defeated in the Arizona House of Representatives District 25 Republican Primary by incumbent Justin Olson and Russell Bowers. * 2016 - Udall and incumbent Russell Bowers defeated Ross Groen in the Republican Primary and went on to defeat Democrat Kathleen Rahn in the general election.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 15 |access-date= December 9, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203745/https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf |archive-date= December 20, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://ballotpedia.org/Michelle_Udall Biography] at Ballotpedia
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