Dawson Holle

Dawson Holle

Republican Party

North Dakota House of Representatives District 31

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Compensation

Base salary

$592/month

Per diem

$213/day

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Personal

Birthplace

Bismarck, N.D.

Religion

Lutheran

Profession

Farmer

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Dawson Holle (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 31. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Holle (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 31. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Holle completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Dawson Holle was born in Bismarck, North Dakota. Holle's career experience includes working as a dairy farmer.

Sponsored legislation

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Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Holle was assigned to the following committees:

• House Human Services Committee
• House Political Subdivisions Committee

Elections

2022

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)

Incumbent Karen Rohr and Dawson Holle defeated Mike Faith in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Rohr (R)	42.0	3,374
✔		Dawson Holle (R)	40.6	3,264
		Mike Faith (D)	16.9	1,360
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	33

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,031
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)

Mike Faith advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Faith	96.8	299
		Other/Write-in votes	3.2	10

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 309
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)

Dawson Holle and incumbent Karen Rohr defeated incumbent James Schmidt in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dawson Holle	33.9	1,055
✔		Karen Rohr	33.8	1,049
		James Schmidt	32.1	997
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	7

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,108
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Hello, my name is Dawson Holle and I am running for State House in District 31 in the great state of North Dakota. I am a 5th generation dairy farmer and the 2016 Presidential election ignited a spark inside of wanting to be involved in politics, but I got inspired to run for the state legislature at a local District Convention watching the democratic process unfold and listening to our current politicians including Becker and Hoeven. It takes everyone to make a change and politics isn’t only for your career politicians, but for every citizen. I am a member of North Dakota Young Republicans, I have been in Student Council, Student Congress, Future Business Leaders of America, Church Council and ND American Legion Boy’s State. This spring and summer I am committed to bringing consistency and transparency in my legislation by telling you all exactly where I stand on topics and will update social media channels after every vote to explain my platform. I encourage an open dialogue on all topics and will listen to you each with respect and honesty. You are who the representatives serve, and I believe it is important to maintain that level of integrity and stand-up for our district and community by maintaining that firm foundation that our country was founded on by preserving firm values and principles:

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Protecting Veterans Affairs: Our veterans signed up to possibly pay the ultimate price to serve this great country. They deserve our utmost respect and gratitude. I come from a long line of veterans and four uncles that have and are serving. They deserve our support and patriotism when serving, after they have served, and their families and all veterans programs that need supportive and supplemental programs with more support from the government.
• Tax Reform- North Dakota as a state has done an extremely successful job financially with millions in reserves. That frugality should be passed on to the citizens of ND and elevate some of the current financial stress by reducing taxes such as sales, property, and land taxes. This would benefit thousands of families all across the state, especially with the current economic inflation and unsettling international conflicts that will greatly impact all North Dakotans. Our district has the lowest median family and household income in North Dakota, and I will fight that your money stays in your households.
• Agriculture- I will fight to maintain our current programs that benefit farmers and ranchers such as the Milk Marketing Board, Livestock Alliance, and Commodity Councils and continue to communicate with them on their needs and issues. Increasing our exports for our many commodities helps our economy to thrive on these industries and we must maintain the ability for ND to do what we do best, without restriction, laws, and regulations that make our nation out-source our energy and I will fight for not only our district, but our state to be a huge force to supply our nation with the best energy and farm goods that our state produces.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Protecting North Dakota Families- Family is the backbone of every community and we need to fight to keep the integrity of the family and the rights of parents to raise their children how they choose. That includes the right to choose health freedoms when it comes to making our own healthcare decisions. The State must stand by that principle even when the Federal mandates contradict and can harm ND citizens. I will fight to ban mask mandates and vaccination mandates and any and all drastic measure that will shut down our economy, schools, jobs, and families again. Our own healthcare decisions are for our family’s and ourselves to decide and not the federal government who has partnered up with big pharmaceutics companies to take away our basic freedoms. The sanctity of marriage must be upheld, along with respect and dignity to the unborn at all stages of life must be protected to the fullest extent. The right to choose school-public, private, or homeschooled-must be protected to each child in our great state. This country was founded on religious freedom and many other foundations such as the Right to Bear Arms, Freedom of Speech, Equal Rights, and I will fight to uphold those current values in ND and maintain each one of them independently and fully.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I am a fifth-generation dairy farmer centrally located in the great state of North Dakota. I love being a dairy farmer's son. So the experience as a child having your first job with your grandpa and dad, and helping them with tasks around the farm is almost indescribable. It feels awe-inspiring as a young kid to see my family's and previous generations work tirelessly in an unyielding, determined industry that sometimes feels like its stacked against you; as the saying goes, right when the rooster crows at the break of dawn. Dairy Farming, even farming in general, in my opinion is the hardest job in the world. You wake-up before dawn each day to bring the cows into the parlor to milk. You work a 5 hour milking shift, three times each day, 365 days a year; rain, shine, wind, blizzard, in all the elements that mother nature can bestow on you. You are there when the corn is ready to harvest, a cow is ready to give birth, when an employee needs help, or a baby calf is struggling to take it's first steps. There are times you miss life's moments like weddings, funerals, celebrations, and for what; to milk cows? There's a quote that goes, "The only way to do great work, is to love what you do," Steve Jobs (2011). The identity of a dairy farmer is rooted in blood, sweat, and tears that residually over time create a masterpiece of art that is known as the family farm. I can look around my farm and see moments where I remember in my childhood of pouring that slab of concrete and getting to write my name in it, or the day dad drove the new tractor into the yard, or pounding that fencepost into the ground for the pasture. Presently, for farmers it seems the stability of the future face uncertain challenges with soil erosion, droughts, foreign tariffs, and financial instability. That is why I am willing to fight for Agricultural Commodities so my first job, becomes more than a job but a lifestyle.

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Dawson Holle campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	North Dakota House of Representatives District 31	Won general	$3,600	$0
Grand total			$3,600	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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2023

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Current members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Robin Weisz

Majority Leader:Mike Lefor

Minority Leader:Zac Ista

Representatives

District 1

Patrick Hatlestad (R)

David Richter (R)

District 2

Bert Anderson (R)

Donald Longmuir (R)

District 3

Jeff Hoverson (R)

Lori VanWinkle (R)

District 4A

Lisa Finley-DeVille (D)

District 4B

Clayton Fegley (R)

District 5

Jay Fisher (R)

Scott Louser (R)

District 6

Dick Anderson (R)

Dan Vollmer (R)

District 7

Jason Dockter (R)

Matthew Heilman (R)

District 8

Mike Berg (R)

SuAnn Olson (R)

District 9

Collette Brown (D)

Jayme Davis (D)

District 10

Jared Hendrix (R)

Steve Swiontek (R)

District 11

Liz Conmy (D)

Gretchen Dobervich (D)

District 12

Mitch Ostlie (R)

Bernie Satrom (R)

District 13

Jim Jonas (R)

Austen Schauer (R)

District 14

Jon Nelson (R)

Robin Weisz (R)

District 15

Kathy Frelich (R)

Donna Henderson (R)

District 16

Ben Koppelman (R)

Andrew Marschall (R)

District 17

Landon Bahl (R)

Mark Sanford (R)

District 18

Nels Christianson (R)

Steve Vetter (R)

District 19

Karen Anderson (R)

David Monson (R)

District 20

Mike Beltz (R)

Jared Hagert (R)

District 21

LaurieBeth Hager (D)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 22

Brandy Pyle (R)

Jonathan Warrey (R)

District 23

Dennis Nehring (R)

Nico Rios (R)

District 24

Daniel Johnston (R)

Dwight Kiefert (R)

District 25

Alisa Mitskog (D)

Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R)

District 26

Roger Maki (R)

Jeremy Olson (R)

District 27

Timothy Brown (R)

Greg Stemen (R)

District 28

Michael Brandenburg (R)

Jim Grueneich (R)

District 29

Craig Headland (R)

Don Vigesaa (R)

District 30

Glenn Bosch (R)

Mike Nathe (R)

District 31

Dawson Holle (R)

Karen Rohr (R)

District 32

Patrick Heinert (R)

Lisa Meier (R)

District 33

Anna Novak (R)

Bill Tveit (R)

District 34

Todd Porter (R)

Nathan Toman (R)

District 35

Karen Karls (R)

Bob Martinson (R)

District 36

Ty Dressler (R)

Dori Hauck (R)

District 37

Mike Lefor (R)

Vicky Steiner (R)

District 38

Dan Ruby (R)

Christina Wolff (R)

District 39

Keith Kempenich (R)

Mike Schatz (R)

District 40

Macy Bolinske (R)

Matthew Ruby (R)

District 41

Karen Grindberg (R)

Jorin Johnson (R)

District 42

Emily O'Brien (R)

Doug Osowski (R)

District 43

Zac Ista (D)

Eric Murphy (R)

District 44

Austin Foss (D)

Karla Hanson (D)

District 45

Carrie McLeod (R)

Scott Wagner (R)

District 46

James Kasper (R)

Desiree Morton (R)

District 47

Lawrence Klemin (R)

Mike Motschenbacher (R)

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