Meet Dylan

Dylan Hewitt is a seventh-generation Upstate New Yorker, born and raised in South Glens Falls. His family has lived across the North Country since the American Revolution.

His father, Michael, spent over two decades as the elementary school principal in Greenfield Center, and his mother, Deb, dedicated her career as a social worker in Saratoga County. Like so many North Country families, Dylan and his two older sisters were raised to believe in an America where freedom isn't an idea — it's the promise to live a life with dignity.

That belief was shaped most by his grandfather, Tom Hewitt. Tom grew up poor in Hudson Falls during the Great Depression, and when his single mother couldn't afford to care for him, he was taken in by his Aunt Lillian. He survived because his neighbors fed him through their back window (and that's how he met their daughter, Cecilia Reed, who would later become his wife). After serving in World War II, Tom used the GI Bill to attend college, buy a home, and build a middle-class life as a public school teacher in Hadley-Luzerne for 40 years.

From his grandfather, Dylan learned what stability looked like and what it means for a country to invest in its people. But growing up in South Glens Falls after NAFTA hollowed out parts of the North Country, he saw how much harder that promise became for families who did everything right and still fell behind.

At 17, Dylan learned how quickly a medical bill could destabilize working families when he led the South High Marathon Dance — a 50-year hometown tradition that has raised millions for families facing healthcare crises. He'll never forget telling his third-grade teacher’s family their newborn's surgery would be covered. That reinforced a conviction that still drives him today: in a country this wealthy, basic security should not depend on luck.

Dylan earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. While there, he fought to protect survivors of sexual violence and organized to raise wages for campus service workers. He studied under David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who deepened his belief that public service demands independence and the courage to challenge concentrated power.

After graduating, Dylan returned home and began a career building economic fairness and opportunity. He worked for a former Secretary of State and in local government, where he helped use public investments to hold corporations accountable. During the pandemic, he became a senior advisor to a national economic nonprofit that has taken on billionaires and the corporations driving up the cost of living.

He later served our country with a Top Secret Clearance as a trade official at the White House, where he fought for rural communities like the North Country. He defended American workers and farmers, took on greedy corporations, and strengthened our national security against China. He also advised diplomatic missions with the Vice President of the United States, traveling across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Now, after nearly 30 years of calling our district home, Dylan is running for Congress to break up the monopolies rigging our economy and corrupting our democracy. As an uncle to Bea, Leo, Benji, and Teddy, this fight is personal. It's about building a fairer, more affordable future — where a full-time job pays enough to raise a family, no one has to drive two hours to see a doctor, and Washington stops working for oligarchs and starts working for us.