Representative Dawson Holle (R-ND)

Energy & Environment Fellow

Dawson Holle serves in the North Dakota House of Representatives for District 31. He is the youngest elected lawmaker in the state’s history, elected at just 18 years old—and now, the youngest chairman ever to serve in North Dakota, currently chairing the interim Tribal and State Relations Committee.

He comes from deep rural roots, raised on his family’s sixth-generation dairy farm, where he learned the values that still guide him today: hard work, faith, personal responsibility, and putting your community before yourself. 

He didn’t run just to represent my generation—he ran to be a voice for all rural North Dakotans who feel left out of the conversation. Agriculture isn’t just part of his background—it’s his everyday life. 

He sponsored legislation establishing North Dakota’s first Safe Haven Baby Boxes, giving parents in crisis a secure and anonymous way to surrender their newborns safely, no questions asked. This is life-saving, compassionate policy that protects the most vulnerable and gives parents a way forward during their darkest moments. It was signed into law this year.

He also led the bipartisan effort to create the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Task Force—a long-overdue step toward justice, healing, and accountability for Native families. This wasn’t about politics—it was about doing what’s right. And it passed because Republicans and Democrats came together and put people first.

As co-chair of the North Dakota Future Caucus, he works alongside other young legislators who believe you can stand firm in your values and still reach across the aisle.