Brian Daniels

Brian Daniels (born October 2, 1958) is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Daniels represented District 19A south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the city of Faribault and portions of Goodhue, Rice, and Waseca Counties.

Early life, education and career Daniels studied at Northwest Technical College, receiving a degree in small business management. In 2022, Daniels endorsed former state representative Brad Finstad's campaign for Minnesota's 1st congressional district.

Daniels served as the minority lead on the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee, and also sat on the Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committee. He was critical of lobbying efforts by PACs on behalf of regent candidates. He signed on to a letter calling on the university to stop participating in research on "aborted human fetal organs".

Daniels authored bipartisan legislation to increase access to transportation and car payment help for low-income Minnesotans. He opposed efforts to raise the gas tax and increase license tab fees to pay for transportation funding.

In September 2023, Daniels announced he would not seek reelection in 2024, after serving five terms in the Minnesota House.

Electoral history

Personal life Daniels and his wife, Elizabeth, have four children and reside in Faribault, Minnesota.

His sister, Marion Rarick, also served in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Daniels and Rarick were the first brother-sister pair to serve together in the state legislature, and the first sibling pair since the early 1980s.