2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Kentucky House District 56

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Daniel A. Fister

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 56 (since 2021)
Work: Farmer and property manager; retired general contractor; state representative since 2021

Daniel A. Fister has served as State Representative for District 56 in the Kentucky General Assembly since 2021, a district that includes all or part of Franklin, Jessamine and Woodford counties.

Daniel A. Fister is a farmer and property manager and a retired general contractor, with degrees from the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University. Daniel A. Fister has represented House District 56 in the Kentucky House since 2021.

Fister's committees

Small Business & Information Technology
Agriculture (Vice Chair)
Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Interim Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information Technology
Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture
Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee

Sources for Fister

Daniel A. Fister: official member information (Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission), Public record)
Kentucky General Assembly: current member roster (Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission), Public record)

David Graves

Democratic

Work: Pastor; former bishop

David Graves has been an ordained pastor for more than 27 years, serving as resident bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Area, interim bishop of the South Georgia Area and senior pastor of churches in Knoxville and Chattanooga. David Graves holds a business degree from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Divinity from Emory University's Candler School of Theology.

Sources for Graves

David Graves candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State: 2026 General Election (Kentucky Secretary of State, Public record)

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