Kent Leonhardt
Kent Leonhardt is the West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture – elect, having been elected in November 2016, he will take office in January 2017. He is a member of the United States Republican Party.
Leohardt is a farmer operating a 380 acre farm in western Monongalia County, West Virginia. He raises sheep. cattle, goats and hay. He formerly served in the West Virginia State Senate. He is retired from the United States Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel. He holds a degree in Wildlife Management from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Central Michigan University.