He represented District 47A, and subsequently 34A, which includes central and western Carver County in the southern part of the state.
He was a former general manager and owner of Brothers Office Furniture, President of Leidiger & Associates, Inc., a media rep firm, and CEO of Operation Homefront, a national non-profit serving Military Families.
He was co-founder of Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization serving military families of deployed service members.
[1][2][3] Leidiger served on the Transportation, State Government, Jobs, and Public Safety Committees in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
He also carried the E-Verify bill to help businesses to quickly establish a perspective workers eligibility to work in the United States.
In May 2011, Leidiger invited Bradlee Dean, head of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International, to deliver a prayer in front of the Minnesota House of Representatives.