Dawson Holle | |
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Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 31st district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2022 Servingwith Karen Rohr | |
Preceded by | Jim Schmidt |
Constituency | Grant County Hettinger County (part) Morton County (part) Sioux County |
Personal details | |
Born | Bismarck,North Dakota,U.S. | November 25,2003
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Mary (attending) |
Profession | Dairy farmer |
Website | https://dawsonholle.com/ |
Dawson Holle (born 2003) is an American politician who has served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 31st district since 2023. [1] Holle is the youngest elected lawmaker in the history of the state at age 19. [2]
Holle announced his candidacy for former incumbent Jim Schmidt's seat in the 31st district on April 8,2022. [3] When Holle's candidacy was first announced,he was in his senior year at Mandan High School,and campaigned the rest of the school year. [4]
On June 14,2022,Holle won the Republican primary for District 31 alongside Karen Rohr with 33.9% of the vote. [5] Holle later won in the general election on November 8. [5] He was sworn in on December 1. [4]
In August 2022,Holle was revealed to be a member of a Telegram group called the North Dakota Young Republicans which "frequently featured bigoted slurs and white supremacist tropes" in its messages between members,including personal attacks against gay public figures and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. [6] "To be honest I've just kind of not really been on the app because that's the only group I'm a part of on the app," he said. "I haven't really noticed anything. I just joined it recently so I'm not really familiar with it." [6]
Candidate | % of Votes | # of Votes |
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Dawson Holle | 33.9 | 1,055 |
Karen Rohr | 33.8 | 1,049 |
James Schmidt | 32.1 | 997 |
Other | 0.2 | 7 |
Candidate | % of Votes | # of Votes |
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Karen Rohr (R) | 42 | 3,361 |
Dawson Holle (R) | 40 | 3,250 |
Mike Faith (D) | 17 | 1,358 |
Other | 0.4 | 33 |
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