Allison Anne Dahle (born March 25, 1964) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Dahle has represented the 11th district (including parts of Wake County) since 2019.
Personal life Dahle was born at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her mother, Anne Clark Dahle, was a longtime educator at Meredith College, and her father, Dr. Robert Dahle, was an agricultural economist at North Carolina State University. She attended Needham B. Broughton High School and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Theatre and Speech.Anne Clark Dahle obituary, legacy.com. Accessed March 26, 2025.
After her graduation, she worked as a stage manager on Broadway, and later for the Young Adult Institute in Brooklyn. Later, she worked for the Arc of North Carolina.
Dahle is a lesbian,"When Allison Dahle Challenged Duane Hall, She Didn’t Expect to Win. Then Everything Changed", Indy Week, March 21, 2018. making her one of five openly LGBTQ officeholders in the North Carolina state legislature as of 2025, alongside Vernetta Alston, Deb Butler, Lisa Grafstein, and Marcia Morey.
Political career After defeating incumbent Duane Hall in the Democratic primary, Dahle was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives on November 6, 2018. She secured sixty-nine percent of the vote while her closest rival Republican Brennan Brooks secured twenty-seven percent. Dahle was re-elected in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
Electoral history 2024
2022
2020
2018
Committee assignments
2025-2026 session
Alcoholic Beverage Control Appropriations Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Election Law (Vice Chair) Ethics House Select Committee on Blockchain and Digital Assets House Select Committee on Government Efficiency House Select Committee on Helene Recovery House Select Committee on Oversight and Reform Housing and Development Oversight Regulatory Reform Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
2023-2024 session Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee Appropriations Committee Appropriations on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Committee Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform (Vice Chair) Ethics Committee Local Government - Land Use, Planning, and Development Committee Regulatory Reform Committee Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee
2021-2022 session Appropriations Appropriations - General Government Alcoholic Beverage Control Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform (Vice Chair) Ethics Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development
2019-2020 session Appropriations Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Alcoholic Beverage Control Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency
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