Megan Elizabeth Dahle ( Ray; born July 29, 1975) is an American politician serving as a member of the

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since 2024. A Republican, she represents the 1st State Senate district, which encompasses all of

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, Colusa,

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, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties, as well as portions of

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and Placer counties. The district spans northeastern California, including the northern

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region and the Sacramento Valley. She previously served as a member of the

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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,

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, won a special election for a seat in the

, 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

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farm and she previously owned a

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in Bieber. Dahle and her husband have three children.

Electoral history

2019 (special)

2020

2022

2024

References

External links

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Megan Dahle at ballotpedia.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahle, Megan Living people Republican Party members of the California State Assembly Women state legislators in California 1975 births 21st-century American women politicians People from Lassen County, California 21st-century members of the California State Legislature