Lassen County Board of Supervisors

Dahle won his first election to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors in 1996, beating a popular teacher.^[9] He was reelected in 2000, 2004, and 2008. He represented District 4 on the board.

Dahle served one-year terms as chairman of the board in 1998, 2002, 2007, and 2012. He left his seat early on November 27, 2012, in order to take office in the Assembly the following week.

California State Assembly

Dahle was first elected to the California State Assembly for the 1st district with 65% of the vote in November 2012,^[10] and reelected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. He was appointed vice chair of the Assembly Environmental and Toxic Materials Committee, the Revenue and Taxation Committee, and the Natural Resources Committee. He also served as a member of the following committees: Agriculture; Water, Parks and Wildlife; Privacy and Consumer Protection; Utilities and Commerce; Fisheries and Aquaculture; Insurance; and Business and Professions.

In 2018, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon appointed Dahle to the Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response, which works to improve services for Capitol staff. In the Assembly, Dahle was known for writing and passing a number of bipartisan bills under Governor Jerry Brown.

Dahle's Republican colleagues elected him minority leader on August 24, 2017. He served in that role from September 16, 2017, to November 8, 2018.

Dahle resigned from the Assembly on June 12, 2019, after winning a special election to the California State Senate. His wife Megan Dahle was elected to succeed him in the Assembly in a special election.

California State Senate

After Ted Gaines resigned, Dahle won a special election to replace him in the California State Senate and took office on June 12, 2019.^[2] He was reelected in 2020 with 57.7% of the vote.

Dahle serves as vice chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee. He also serves on the following committees: Banking and Financial Institutions; Budget and Fiscal Review; Education; Environmental Quality; and Transportation.

2022 California gubernatorial election

Dahle was the Republican nominee for governor of California in the 2022 election.^[11] He placed second in the nonpartisan blanket primary, with 17.5% of the vote.^[12]

In September 2022, incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom agreed to face off against Dahle in a single gubernatorial debate, sometime in late October.^[13] On October 23, Dahle and Newsom participated in a televised debate, hosted by KQED in San Francisco.^[14]

Controversies

In June 2022, Dahle was involved in an auction for a goat named Cedar at the fair but did not receive the goat after pledging the highest bid^[18] after Cedar’s owners backed out of the sale. Despite having released his claim to Cedar, State Fair officials continued pursuing ownership of the goat, resulting in the police seizing Cedar and having him slaughtered.^{[citation needed]}

California State Assembly

California State Senate

California Governor