---
type: Person
title: "Matthew Dawson"
description: "RI House District 65 — RI State House of Representatives District 65"
role: "RI House District 65"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "RI"
district: "RI State House of Representatives District 65"
represents: "us/states/ri/districts/house/65"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "ee738914-97b1-456e-8875-d2fcbd5040da"
  office: "1d8ffcde-5429-4409-bf8c-98d8873cac50"
  tenure: "e70c28c2-2842-4f8b-8706-5050c1892181"
  jurisdiction: "22c2eaa0-dbc6-4f39-8c52-9341c6c018c6"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ri]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Matthew Dawson

Current RI House District 65 (RI State House of Representatives District 65).

Represents [RI State House of Representatives District 65](/us/states/ri/districts/house/65.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).