Brian Dahle For Governor, Voting Record, Issues, Endorsements, Policies, Beliefs

Brian Dahle is an American politician, serving in the California State Senate for the 1st district since 2019.

Dahle is a member of the Republican Party, and he served as the Minority Leader of the California State Assembly, while representing the 1st Assembly district.

Before being elected to the state legislature, Dahle was a farmer and Lassen County Supervisor.

On June 4, 2019, Dahle won a special election to fill the State Senate seat vacated by Ted Gaines, who resigned after his election to the California Board of Equalization.

Brian Dahle for governor

Dahle is the Republican nominee for Governor of California in the 2022 gubernatorial election, having placed second in the nonpartisan blanket primary.

Dahle is the most prominent GOP challenger to Gov. Gavin Newsom this year, though hardly a household name.

Dahle has tried to position himself as the savior who can rescue California from liberal elitism run amok under Newsom, whom he slammed as a “dictator” and a “smooth-talking wine salesman” during his campaign kickoff.

Brian Dahle voting record

Brian Dahle issues

Below are critical issues Dahle says would be a priority if he is elected governor;

1. Getting violent criminals off the streets
2. To bring down the cost of living for Californians, Dahle said he would also work as governor to lower the price of electricity.
3. As California sinks deeper into drought conditions, Dahle does not favor imposing mandatory water use reductions, which he called “a sound bite that I don’t believe is going to make much difference at all.”
4. Dahle is of the view that the state ought to put a greater emphasis on increasing water storage by building the proposed Sites Reservoir.

Brian Dahle endorsements

The California Republican Party endorsed several candidates for the upcoming election following its three-day convention in Anaheim.

For governor, the state’s GOP endorsed state Sen. Brian Dahle, who announced his candidacy in early February.

Dahle currently represents the 1st Senate district, which covers parts of Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Siskiyou and Sierra counties.

Brian Dahle policies

Dahle has called for overturning Proposition 47, the voter-approved initiative that reduced penalties for some theft and drug crimes, and for requiring that homeless people get sober before the state will provide them with housing assistance.