Tristan Lynn Leavitt is originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho and earned a degree in political science from Brigham Young University in 2007. He then earned his law degree from, Georgetown University in 2011. He is an attorney who started his law career as a staff member for the U.S. House Oversight Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee. He then served as principal deputy special counsel at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. He was appointed General Counsel of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), in 2018 where he took charge of non-exclusive operations during a multi-year quorum absence. Leavitt became President of Empower Oversight, a non-profit legal group focused on whistleblower protections in 2023 before being elected to the WV House of Delegates in 2024. He said he is a ” husband, father, and disciple of Christ.” And he has five children most are in Kanawha County Public Schools. He grew up in the lower class and is passionate about government using our tax dollars wisely.