Megan Dahle

Megan Marie Dahle ( 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.

Electoral history 2019 (special)

2020

2022

2024