Daniel Fister

Daniel Alf Fister (born July 30, 1958) is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 56th House district since January 2021. His district is composed of Woodford County as well as parts of Franklin and Jessamine counties.

Background Fister was born the eldest of six children and was raised on his family's farm in northern Fayette County. He graduated from Lexington Catholic High School before attending the University of Kentucky to study agricultural production. He went on to study police administration and accounting at Eastern Kentucky University before earning a Bachelor of Arts in the latter. and was defeated in the 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives election, garnering 8,525 votes (40.3%) against incumbent Democratic representative James Kay. 2018 Incumbent James Kay chose to run for Woodford County Judge Executive and did not seek reelection. Fister was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary 2020 Incumbent Joe Graviss chose to run for Kentucky's 7th Senate district and did not seek reelection. Fister was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary and won the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 12,487 votes (52.3%) against Democratic candidate Lamar Allen. 2022 Fister was unopposed in the 2022 Republican primary 2024 Fister was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary and won the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 13,863 votes (57.4%) against Democratic candidate Chantel Bingham.