Allison Dahle

Dahle was born at the old Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] Her mother, Anne was a longtime educator at Meredith College, and her father 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.[1]

After her graduation, she worked as a stage manager on Broadway, and later for the Young Adult Institute in Brooklyn.[1] Later, she worked for the Arc of North Carolina.[2]

Dahle won the election on 6 November 2018 from the platform of Democratic Party. She secured sixty-nine percent of the vote while her closest rival Republican Brennan Brooks secured twenty-seven percent.[3]

She categorizes herself as a lesbian.[1] She is one of four openly LGBT officeholders currently serving in the North Carolina state legislature, alongside caucus colleagues Marcia Morey, Deb Butler and Cecil Brockman.