Megan Dahle
Megan Dahle | |
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| File:Megan Dahle, 2024.jpg Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the California Senate from the 1st district | |
| Assumed office December 2, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Dahle |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 1st district | |
| In office November 12, 2019 – November 30, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Dahle |
| Succeeded by | Heather Hadwick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Megan Elizabeth Ray July 29, 1975 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Bieber, California, U.S. |
| Profession | Farmer |
Megan Elizabeth Dahle (née Ray; born July 29, 1975) is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Senate since 2024. A Republican, she represents the 1st State Senate district, which encompasses all of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties, as well as portions of Nevada and Placer counties. The district spans northeastern California, including the northern Sierra Nevada region and the Sacramento Valley. She previously served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2019 to 2024, representing the 1st district.
Career
[edit | edit source]California State Senate
[edit | edit source]Senator Dahle serves on the following committees:[1]
- Appropriations
- Energy, Utilities and Communications
- Environmental Quality
- Governmental Organization
- Transportation
- Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification
- Joint Legislative Audit Committee
- Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management
She also serves as the Senate's representative to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.[2]
California State Assembly
[edit | edit source]In 2019, her husband, Brian, won a special election for a seat in the California State Senate, leaving his State Assembly seat vacant. Dahle won a special election to fill that vacant Assembly seat, defeating Democratic candidate Elizabeth Betancourt, a farmer.[3] She was re-elected in 2020 and 2022.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Prior to being elected to the State Assembly, she served on the Big Valley Joint Unified School District. Her family owned a wheat farm and she previously owned a plant nursery in Bieber.[5]
Dahle and her husband have three children.[6]
Electoral history
[edit | edit source]2019 (special)
[edit | edit source]| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Betancourt | 27,786 | 39.1 | |
| Republican | Megan Dahle | 25,669 | 36.2 | |
| Republican | Patrick Henry Jones | 12,298 | 17.3 | |
| Republican | Joe Turner | 3,943 | 5.6 | |
| Republican | Lane Rickard | 1,305 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 71,001 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Megan Dahle | 59,991 | 57.3 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Betancourt | 44,618 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 104,609 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
[edit | edit source]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Megan Dahle (incumbent) | 83,874 | 51.0 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth L. Betancourt | 64,932 | 39.5 | |
| No party preference | PK "Paul" Dhanuka | 15,629 | 9.5 | |
| Total votes | 164,435 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Megan Dahle (incumbent) | 146,902 | 58.9 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth L. Betancourt | 102,541 | 41.1 | |
| Total votes | 249,443 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2022
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Megan Dahle (incumbent) | 79,201 | 52.5 | |
| Democratic | Belle Starr Sandwith | 51,237 | 34.0 | |
| Republican | Kelly Tanner | 17,577 | 11.6 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Joshua Brown | 2,898 | 1.9 | |
| Total votes | 150,913 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Megan Dahle (incumbent) | 129,527 | 62.1 | |
| Democratic | Belle Starr Sandwith | 79,068 | 37.9 | |
| Total votes | 208,595 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2024
[edit | edit source]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Megan Dahle | 154,305 | 77.2 | |
| Republican | David Fennell | 45,686 | 22.8 | |
| Total votes | 199,991 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Megan Dahle | 274,894 | 75.7 | |
| Republican | David Fennell | 88,317 | 24.3 | |
| Total votes | 363,211 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
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