26 Facts About Ed Lopez

Eduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes best known as Ed Lopez was born on June 26,1976 and is an American politician and activist for the Republican Party.

Ed Lopez previously served as the vice chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus.

In 2022, Lopez unsuccessfully ran for Connecticut House of Representatives for the 150th District, which encompasses parts of Greenwich.

Ed Lopez currently serves as the Chairman of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting for District 3 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Ed Lopez is a member of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry and has supported same-sex marriage.

Ed Lopez participated in a national tour to advocate for third-party presence in national presidential debates.

Ed Lopez is a former resident and was active in politics and community programs in Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

Ed Lopez was born June 26,1976, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ed Lopez's mother was Puerto Rican and his father was an immigrant from Guatemala.

Ed Lopez was partially raised in Boulder, Colorado, where he graduated from Fairview High School.

Ed Lopez served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Dominican Republic for two years.

Ed Lopez graduated with a Master's degree in International Relations Middle East and Arabic Language studies.

Ed Lopez augmented his Arabic language studies at American University in Cairo's Arabic Language Institute, in Cairo, Egypt.

Ed Lopez was the managing editor of the online GAIA Review.

Ed Lopez was a sergeant in the Connecticut Army National Guard.

Ed Lopez was the founder and state chairman of the Republican Hispanic Assembly of Rhode Island by late 1997.

Ed Lopez was a candidate for Rhode Island Secretary of State against incumbent James Langevin in the 1998 election cycle.

Ed Lopez served as National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus from 2011 through 2015.

Ed Lopez served on Rockingham County Leadership Team for former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.

In March 2013, Lopez joined Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry along with S E Cupp, Abby Huntsman, Elizabeth Huntsman, Mary Anne Huntsman, Meghan McCain and other conservative and Republican activists.

In June 2013, Ed Lopez joined the group on a nationwide campaign to change the Republican Party's platform points on the issue; the campaign included visits to New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada.

Ed Lopez was among a group of Republican leaders who expressed their support of same-sex married by filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court.

Ed Lopez is an advocate of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, as he discussed on an interview on PBS' The Open Mind.

In 2020, Ed Lopez became part of the board of advisory board for Libertarians for National Popular Vote, along with former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee; the efforts seek to coalesce libertarian-leaning voters in support of the compact.

Ed Lopez presided over a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International in New Hampshire between 2009 and 2011.

Ed Lopez is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.