| John David Preston | |
| State Senate: | Kentucky |
| District: | 25th |
| Term Start: | March 10, 1994 |
| Term End: | January 1, 1997 |
| Predecessor: | David LeMaster |
| Successor: | Robert Stivers (redistricting) |
| Party: | Republican |
John David Preston (born 1950) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1994 to 1997. Preston was elected to the senate in a March 1994 special election following the resignation of incumbent Democratic senator David LeMaster.[1] In 1996 redistricting moved his native Johnson County to the 29th senate district, where he lost to incumbent Democratic senator Benny Ray Bailey.[2] At other points in his career Preston has been a Commonwealth's Attorney, member of the Paintsville City Council, mayor of Paintsville, and a judge of the 24th Circuit Court.[3]