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Trent Leisy

Veteran Elected Official Candidate Business Owner

Windsor, Colorado

Trent Leisy is a Navy veteran, Weld County Councilman, and small business owner from Windsor, Colorado. He has run for multiple offices including Weld RE4 school board, Colorado CD4, and Colorado HD-65.

Biography

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Trent Lane Leisy is a Windsor, Colorado-based business entrepreneur and political activist with three decades of residency in the area. His professional portfolio encompasses agriculture, property management, and farming operations. He is a four-year U.S. Navy veteran who served from 2001 to 2005 aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Leisy has been active in local politics for nearly two decades. He previously served on the Windsor school board from 2005 to 2009, then ran again for the Weld RE4 school board in 2021. He currently serves as a Weld County Councilman.

In 2023, Leisy announced his campaign for Congress in Colorado's 4th District as an 'America First' candidate challenging incumbent Rep. Ken Buck. His campaign emphasized tax reduction, parental rights, and border security, gaining endorsements from conservative figures including Leo Terrell, Vernon Jones, Dr. Gina Loudon, and Veterans for America First PAC. In 2024, he ran for Colorado House District 65.

Leisy has appeared on the Kim Monson Show to discuss parental rights in education, border security, and his various political campaigns. He is active on social media, particularly X (formerly Twitter), where he has accumulated millions of impressions.

Episodes

3 appearances

June 18, 2024

Protecting Superior Farms

Mike Siemens discusses Superior Farms' fight against shutdown, John Deere's electric shift, and Silicon Valley's turn to Trump. Insights from Nathan Worcester and more.

“But what I really start with, Kim, is that we need to have effective leaders in Denver that can fight back against this egregious legislation, but not make bad deals less bad. I get tired of Republicans saying that. We need to make bad bills good bills.”

1:44:36 – 1:50:14

Segment

November 30, 2023

What the Special Session Was All About: Douglas Bruce Elaborates

Ballot Measures & TABOR

Douglas Bruce on tabor enforcement, Brad Beck on public listening, Karen Levine on year-end real estate market, Trent Leisy on border security. November 30, ...

“Because Colorado is a border state and their cities and towns are border towns and cities. And, you know, people are really, really concerned about that.”

20:11 – 26:31

Segment

October 18, 2021

School Board Races and Douglas County’s Historic Break from Tri-County Health

School board candidates and Commissioner George Teal discuss CRT, mask mandates, and Douglas County's new health department. October 18, 2021.

“I told someone last night, this is the positive thing that came out of COVID was the fact that parents actually really got a taste of what was going on. And we have been asleep at the wheel too long. And you're absolutely correct that we've now stepped up and said, hey, we're going to take this back. And it's our responsibility as parents to really make sure that our kids are being taught what it is, just being taught the basic fundamentals.”

17:38 – 25:52

Segment

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