Daniel J. Fox

{{Short description|American politician}}

Daniel J. Fox is an American politician and lawyer who is a judge in the Danbury district of the Connecticut Superior Court as of September 2023.{{Cite web |title=Judges By Judicial Districts |url=https://jud.ct.gov/judsearch/Districts/Danbury.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618035731/https://jud.ct.gov/judsearch/Districts/Danbury.asp |archive-date=2023-06-18 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=jud.ct.gov}} Previously he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 as a State Representative from the 148th District, which encompasses the East Side of Stamford, Connecticut.

Fox was first elected to the Connecticut House in 2011 in a special election in order to replace Carlo Leone.{{cite web |last1=Ballotpedia |title=Connecticut state legislative special elections, 2011 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Connecticut_state_legislative_special_elections,_2011 |website=Ballotpedia |publisher=Ballotpedia |access-date=May 22, 2021 |ref=1}} Fox was re-elected in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.{{cite web |last1=Ballotpedia |title=Dan Fox |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Fox |website=Ballotpedia |publisher=Ballotpedia |access-date=May 22, 2021 |ref=1}}{{cite web |last1=Scofield |first1=RJ |title=Stamford Election Results: Democrats Declare Victory In Key Races |url=https://patch.com/connecticut/stamford/stamford-election-results-votes-are-being-counted |website=patch.com |date=4 November 2020 |publisher=Patch |access-date=May 22, 2021 |ref=1}} Fox served as the assistant Majority Whip of the House and also has served on the House Judiciary committee.{{cite web |last1=cbia |title=Daniel Fox CT State Representative for Stamford |url=https://www2.cbia.com/ga/CT_Rep_Daniel_Fox/-N577627 |website=cbia.com |publisher=cbia.org |access-date=May 22, 2021 |ref=1}}

Fox was reelected to the Connecticut House in 2022 but did not take the oath of office, in anticipation of being nominated to the Superior Court.{{Cite web |last=Pazniokas |first=Mark |date=2022-12-22 |title=Stamford Rep. Dan Fox expected to leave CT General Assembly |url=http://ctmirror.org/2022/12/22/dan-fox-stamford-ct-representative-house-superior-court/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=CT Mirror |language=en-US}} He was nominated to the Superior Court by Governor Ned Lamont in March 2023.{{Cite web |last=Pazniokas |first=Mark |date=2023-03-29 |title=Here's who Lamont nominated for judges of the CT Superior Court |url=http://ctmirror.org/2023/03/29/ct-superior-court-judge-nominations-ned-lamont/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=CT Mirror |language=en-US}}