# Megan Dahle

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
### California State Senate

Senator Dahle serves on the following committees:
* 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.

### California State Assembly

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. She was re-elected in 2020 and 2022.

## Personal life

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.
Dahle and her husband have three children.

## Elections
### 2024

2024 California State Senate election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Megan Dahle | 154,305 | 77.2 |
| | Republican | David Fennell | 45,686 | 22.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 199,991 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Megan Dahle | 274,894 | 75.7 |
| | Republican | David Fennell | 88,317 | 24.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 363,211 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2022

2022 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 208,595 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2020

2020 California State Assembly election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 249,443 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2019 (special)

California State Assembly District 1 special election, 2019 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 71,001 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Megan Dahle | 59,991 | 57.3 |
| | Democratic | Elizabeth Betancourt | 44,618 | 42.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 104,609 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |