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Trent Leisy
Trent Leisy (Republican Party) ran for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 65. He lost in the Republican primary on June 25, 2024.
Leisy also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 25, 2024.
Leisy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Trent Leisy was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. He served in the U.S. Navy from 2001 to 2005. Leisy earned a high school diploma from Windsor High School and a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University in 2009. His career experience includes being a business owner. Leisy has been affiliated with Weld County GOP, the Colorado Freedom Coalition, and FyreFox Media.[1]
Elections
2024
Congress
See also: Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Incumbent Lauren Boebert defeated Trisha Calvarese, Hannah Goodman, Frank Atwood, and Paul Fiorino in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren Boebert (R) | 53.6 | 240,213 |
 | Trisha Calvarese (D)  | 42.0 | 188,249 | |
 | Hannah Goodman (L) | 2.6 | 11,676 | |
 | Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) | 1.4 | 6,233 | |
 | Paul Fiorino (Unity Party) | 0.3 | 1,436 | |
| Total votes: 447,807 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Douglas Mangeris (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Trisha Calvarese defeated Ike McCorkle and John Padora Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trisha Calvarese | 45.2 | 22,756 |
 | Ike McCorkle | 41.1 | 20,723 | |
 | John Padora Jr. | 13.7 | 6,882 | |
| Total votes: 50,361 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karen Breslin (D)
- Anil Saxena (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Boebert | 43.7 | 54,605 |
 | Jerry Sonnenberg | 14.2 | 17,791 | |
 | Deborah Flora | 13.6 | 17,069 | |
 | Richard Holtorf | 10.7 | 13,387 | |
 | Michael Lynch | 10.7 | 13,357 | |
 | Peter Yu | 7.1 | 8,854 | |
| Total votes: 125,063 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ted Harvey (R)
- Ken Buck (R)
- Justin Schreiber (R)
- Chris Phelen (R)
- Floyd Trujillo (R)
- Trent Leisy (R)
- Mariel Bailey (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 65
Lori Sander defeated Will Walters in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 65 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Sander (R) | 62.7 | 38,882 |
 | Will Walters (D) | 37.3 | 23,101 | |
| Total votes: 61,983 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 65
Will Walters advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 65 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Will Walters | 100.0 | 5,365 |
| Total votes: 5,365 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Isaiah Cordova (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 65
Lori Sander defeated Trent Leisy in the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 65 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Sander | 62.4 | 8,765 |
 | Trent Leisy | 37.6 | 5,275 | |
| Total votes: 14,040 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Leisy received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Leisy's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Congress
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Trent Leisy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Leisy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Lowering Taxes
- Parental Rights
- Securing Our Border
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State House
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Trent Leisy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Leisy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- As your representative, Trent will take decisive action to end sanctuary cities as Denver is confronting an illegal alien crisis that impacts the safety and quality of life of all Colorado residents.
- As your representative, Trent will fight for policies championed by Rightful President Trump, which resulted in more child and human traffickers being arrested than ever before.
- As your representative, Trent, who is endorsed by Joe Oltmann of Conservative Daily and DCF Guns, will uphold and defend the constitutional rights of Colorado citizens against any infringement.
former Republican State Senator for the great state of Missouri John Loudon
former Chief of Police, Captain of the FD, & Reality TV star Rich Wyatt
Tech CEO & Conservative Daily owner Joe Oltmann
fair-minded Fox News Contributor Leo Terrell
former Georgia State Senator Vernon Jones
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2023
