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Leroy Garcia currently serves as Chief of Staff for Rural Business-Cooperative Services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prior to this appointment Garcia served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Garcia was elected in 2014 as a to represent Senate District 3, covering Pueblo and Pueblo West. He became Assistant Minority Leader in 2017, and Senate President in 2019. In 2020, he was unanimously re-elected to continue in his role as Senate President for the 73rd General Assembly.
During the 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden selected Senator Garcia to serve as co-chair to his national Latino Leadership Committee, as well as a co-chair of Colorado's Latino Leadership Committee. Sen. Garcia is also a member of El Pomar's Regional Council in Southwest Colorado.
In the Colorado Senate, Senator Garcia passed legislation for a pilot program for Pueblo and rural Colorado to address the opioid crisis. He supports fellow veterans with education and housing programs. He pushed to increase accountability of the utility provider in his district to help the burden of the disproportionate utility prices in Southern Colorado. He has secured funding and defended one of Pueblo’s great cornerstones, the State Fair, and continued to protect Southern Colorado’s water. Senator Garcia has pushed to explore transportation solutions like a rail line in the I-25 corridor through his work with the Southwest Chief and secured funding for improvements on Highway 50. His leadership has paved the way for a new building for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in Pueblo West, and new offices for Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Prior to the Colorado Senate, Senator Garcia served in the Colorado House of Representatives and was one of the youngest members elected to the Pueblo City Council. He taught emergency medical services at Pueblo Community College and is a nationally registered paramedic with American Medical Response in Pueblo.
From 2001 to 2007, Senator Garcia served in the Marine Corps. Deployed to Iraq as a mortuary affairs specialist, he has a personal understanding of the risks faced by military members, and has a strong commitment to serving our veterans.
Senator Garcia is a first-generation college graduate, with a master’s degree in organizational management from Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa; a bachelor’s in management from the University of Phoenix and an associate’s degree in emergency medical services from Pueblo Community College.