Dean Fisher

Dean C. Fisher (born September 3, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the Iowa House of Representatives representing the 53rd district since 2013. Fisher is a Republican.

From 2010 to 2011, Fisher was the chair of his county's Republican Party. He also served as the Indian Village Township Clerk from 2008 to 2013. He has chaired the environmental protection committee, sits on the agriculture Committee and the public safety committee.

In 2019, Fisher blocked the Farm System Reform Act from being heard.

In January 2024, Fisher founded a private Christian school named Tama Toledo Christian School, which opened in August 2025. Because school operations will be funded by Coverdell education savings account, Iowa Citizens Community Action alleged a conflict of interest and filed an ethics complaint with the Chief Clerk of the House.

Committee assignments As of January 2026, Fisher serves on the following committees in the Iowa House.

Environmental Protection (chair) Agriculture Natural Resources Public Safety

Personal life Fisher is married to Vicky Fisher, also on the Board of the Tama Toledo Christian School. They reside in rural Montour, Iowa on a heritage farm which has been in his family since 1852.

Fisher is a member of the National Rifle Association of America; Iowa Firearms Coalition; Amateur Trapshooting Association and the Iowa State Trapshooting Association. He is also a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Motorcycle Association, A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (motorcycle organization), The Heritage Foundation, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's W.A.R. Goodwin Society. Among his hobbies are hunting, trapshooting, woodworking, model airplanes, motorcycling, quilting, genealogy, horticulture, and astronomy.