Leroy M. Garcia Jr.[1] is an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 3rd district, from 2019 to 2022, as a member of the Democratic Party.

[3] He married Michelle, who was later appointed to serve on the Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance by Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst in 2016.

[4][5] Garcia won the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 46th district without opposition and defeated Republican nominee Jerry Denney in the 2012 election.

[6][7] During the 2014 election, Garcia won the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Colorado Senate from the 3rd district without opposition and defeated Republican nominee George Rivera.

[12] Following the 2018 election, conservative activists filed multiple recall petitions, with support from Republicans in the Colorado General Assembly, with Garcia being included alongside Governor Jared Polis, Senators Brittany Pettersen and Pete Lee, and Representatives Rochelle Galindo and Brianna Buentello.

[16][17] Garcia served on the Appropriations, and Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy committees during his tenure in the Colorado Senate.

[34] Garcia was one of four Democrats to sponsor legislation to repeal the limit on high-capacity ammunition magazine sizes in 2015.

[36][37] Garcia and six other Hispanic members of the Colorado General Assembly sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to maintain the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

[40][41] Garcia and Representatives Philip Covarrubias and Daneya Esgar introduced a resolution in 2018, asking for the United States Congress to build hospitals managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in Colorado Springs and Pueblo.

[47] Garcia was the only Democratic member of the state senate to not receive a 100% rating from Conservation Colorado in 2019.