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'{{Notability|bio|date=April 2021|reason=Lopez, a background political operative, has mostly local coverage. What is needed is more prominent national coverage and that he clearly meets [[WP:NPOL]], [[WP:GNG]], and any other notability guideline that my apply as his career proceeds.}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Ed Lopez |image=EdLopezReyesWesleyClark.JPG |image_size = 230px |caption= |order= |office=National Vice Chairman of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]] |term_start=September 13, 2011 <!--He took office immediately after the election.--> |term_end=October 11, 2015 |predecessor= |successor= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1974|6|26}} |birth_place = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], [[United States]]<ref name=providence /> |birthname=Eduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes |alma_mater=[[University of Rhode Island]]<br />[[Durham University]]<br />[[American University in Cairo]] |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |profession= |occupation= |spouse=Marie Anne Lopez |website= [http://www.edlopez.org/ Ed Lopez] }} '''Eduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes''' ('''Ed Lopez-Reyes''', '''Eduardo Lopez''', '''Ed Lopez'''), of [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], is an [[United States|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] activist and former [[Country|National]] [[Vice Chairman#Terminology|Vice Chairman]] of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]]. A member of [[Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry]], he has supported same-sex marriage. He participated in a national tour to advocate for third-party presence in national presidential debates. He is a former resident and was active in politics and community programs in [[Rhode Island]] and [[New Hampshire]]. ==Military service and education== Before completing his studies at the [[University of Rhode Island]] he served as a Mormon missionary in the [[Dominican Republic]] for two years.<ref name="providence"/>{{efn|Lopez graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1999 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Political Science.{{cn|date=April 2021}}}} He was a graduate student of the School of Government and International Affairs at [[Durham University]], in the United Kingdom. He was the managing editor of the online ''GAIA Review''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=New student run political journal goes online at Durham - Durham University |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3880 |access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref> He graduated with a master's degree in International Relations Middle East and [[Arabic language]] studies.<ref name="ustinovpolitics" /> While in the United Kingdom, Lopez served in the [[United States Army Reserve]] [[Military Intelligence Corps]].<ref name="nashuatelegraph.com"/> Concurrently, he began [[PhD]] work, returning to Durham University. He augmented his Arabic language studies at [[American University in Cairo]]'s Arabic Language Institute, in [[Cairo, Egypt]].<ref name="AUC" /> Lopez was a member of [[Ustinov College]] at Durham.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2015 |title=Alumni Beyond Ustinov |url=https://issuu.com/communicationsoffice/docs/10yearsofustinov |magazine=Ten years of Ustinov College |pages=36, 47}}</ref> ==Career== ===Early career=== He was the founder and state chairman of the Republican Hispanic Assembly of Rhode Island by late 1997.<ref name="PP Born to be Mild" /> Lopez was a candidate for [[Rhode Island Secretary of State]] against incumbent [[James Langevin]] in the 1998 election cycle.<ref name="1998 election" /> Lopez was a Staff Assistant to [[United States Senator]]s [[Hank Brown]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and for [[John H. Chafee]] in his [[Providence, Rhode Island]] district office.<ref name="nashuatelegraph.com" />{{efn|In 2000, he received support from Republicans including [[Frederick Lippitt]] and Republican National Committeewoman for Rhode Island Eileen Slocum for a potential State Senate race in Rhode Island's 3rd District against [[State Senator]] [[Rhoda Perry]].<ref name="PP Young Eddy" /> That same year, Lopez supported [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2000|Republican presidential primary]].<ref name="PJ Bush opts" />}} ===Republican Party === Lopez served as National Vice Chairman of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]] from 2011 through 2015.<ref name="RLC FAQ" /> Lopez served on Rockingham County Leadership Team for former Utah Governor [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]] for President in the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|2012 Republican presidential primaries]].<ref name="Patch JHLT" /> ===Freedom to Marry=== In March 2013, Lopez joined [[Freedom to Marry#Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry|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.<ref name="Contributor" /> In June 2013, 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]].<ref name="NHJournal" />{{efn|Lopez was identified as a leader in the movement.<ref name="NHJournal" /> Following an announcement of Republican support among state senators in Rhode Island, Lopez stated: "Rhode Island Republicans are leading the way to a more inclusive GOP — one that can continue to grow and stay relevant as America changes. Their actions today show that not only do they know the freedom to marry is completely in line with conservative values like personal liberty and the importance of family, they are working to make it a reality."<ref name="Contributor RI support" />}} He was among a group of Republican leaders who expressed their support of same-sex married by filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court.<ref name="Time" /> The brief was organized by former [[Republican National Committee]] Chairman [[Ken Mehlman]].<ref name="Time"/> Others involved in filing the amicus brief included Senators [[Mark Kirk]] and [[Susan Collins]]; Former Governor Jon Huntsman of [[Utah]] and Governor [[Charlie Baker]] of [[Massachusetts]]; [[David Koch]]; former [[New York City]] Mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]]; and retired General [[Stanley McChrystal]].<ref name="Time"/> On June 26, 2015, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] decision in [[Obergefell v. Hodges]] meant that the Freedom to Marry's movement could be brought to a close.<ref name="WP FtoM" /> ===2016 presidential election=== Lopez, a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus, participated in a national tour sponsored by [[Our America Initiative]] to advocate for libertarian party participation in national presidential debates.<ref name=Vagazette /><ref name="Good4Utah" />{{efn|Lopez said he supported former [[New Mexico]] Governor Gary Johnson in the 2016 election during an interview with ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' in June 2016.<ref name="HP" /> During an interview on [[C-SPAN]]'s [[Washington Journal]], Lopez was asked whether he planned to remain a Republican and whether he felt Governors Gary Johnson and Bill Weld were sufficiently libertarian to which his response was: "I still believe in the Republican Party. I would like to see the Republican Party come out of this stronger. I'm not here to define how libertarian the Johnson-Weld ticket is or isn't; I understand Libertarians debate this robustly."<ref name=CSPAN />}} The 40-state tour included speakers such as Governors Gary Johnson and [[Bill Weld]], Free the People's [[Matt Kibbe]], political and communications consultant Liz Mair, [[Reason Foundation]]’s David Nott, Foundation for Economic Education’s [[Jeffrey Tucker]], [[Libertarian Party of Massachusetts|Libertarian Party]]'s [[Carla Howell]] and Lopez.<ref name=Vagazette />{{efn|Lopez said during the tour, "The main reason that I chose to come on this tour and talk to millennials and talk to students all over the country is because in addition to being libertarian, I’m a realist, and so, I sympathized a lot with one of Gary Johnson’s principles of good government. And that’s a principle of realism."<ref name=Flathat />}} ===National popular vote=== Lopez is an advocate of the [[National Popular Vote Interstate Compact]],<ref name=PBSNPV /> as he discussed on an interview on [[PBS]]' ''[[The Open Mind (talk show)|The Open Mind]].''<ref name=OPENMIND /> In 2020, 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.<ref name=LFORNPV /> ==Personal life== Lopez was born in Puerto Rico, as was his mother. His father was from Guatemala.<ref name="Phoenix">{{Cite news |title=Language of Lopez |url=https://providencephoenix.com/archive/features/98/06/25/LOPEZ.html |access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref> Lopez resides in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]].<ref>[https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Huge-shake-up-on-RTM-12340237.php Huge Shake-up on RTM]</ref><ref>[https://www.greenwichtime.com/opinion/article/Eduardo-J-Lopez-Reyes-op-ed-A-goal-RTM-members-12492002.php Eduardo J Lopez-Reyes: a Goal RTM members can agree on]</ref>{{efn|He was a collaborator and editor on [[Martin Popoff]]'s book ''Pink Floyd: Album by Album'' and is the publisher of Publius Enigma, a website focused on [[Pink Floyd]]'s post-1983 work.<ref>[https://www.loudersound.com/news/new-website-explores-the-pink-floyd-universe-post-1983 New website explores the Pink Floyd universe post 1983]</ref>}} He and his wife, Marie Anne, have been active in political and non-profit efforts together.<ref>[http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20120104/NEWS/201040361 City Couple Supports Huntsman]</ref> He presided over a local affiliate of [[Habitat for Humanity International]] in New Hampshire between 2009 and 2011.<ref name="nashuatelegraph.com"/><ref name="vision">[http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/opinion/perspectives/857718-263/vision-2020-should-focus-on-nashua-as.html Vision 2020 Should Focus on Nashua as Destination City]</ref> He is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-01/news/29839368_1_mormons-new-hampshire-jon-huntsman |title=New Hampshire Mormons Hope GOP Candidates Raise Awareness |access-date=2011-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606231128/http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-01/news/29839368_1_mormons-new-hampshire-jon-huntsman |archive-date=2012-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="1998 election">{{ cite web | url=http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/1998/fedstatetop.php | title=Official Election Results, Statewide Offices | date=November 3, 1998 | website=State of Rhode Island Board of Elections |access-date=December 4, 2016 }}</ref> <ref name="AUC">{{ cite web | url=http://www1.aucegypt.edu/publications/auctoday/AUCTodayarchive/AUCToday_Fall08.pdf |website=AUC |title=AUC Today Class Notes - Special Programs |date=Fall 2008 |page= 39|access-date=December 4, 2016 }}</ref> <ref name="Contributor">{{ cite news | url=http://thecontributor.com/civil-rights/huntsman-hotties-join-young-conservatives-freedom-marry-group |title=Huntsman Hotties Join Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry Group | website=The Contributor | date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="Contributor RI support">{{cite web | url=http://thecontributor.com/civil-rights/ri-republican-senate-caucus-supports-marriage-equality#sthash.tIMdQZYq.dpuf |title=RI Republican Senate Caucus Supports Marriage Equality | website=The Contributor | date=April 23, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2016 }}</ref> <ref name=CSPAN>{{ cite web | url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?413377-3/washington-journal-ed-lopez-republican-support-libertarian-candidates |title=Republican Support for Libertarian Candidates (video) | website=C-SPAN | date=August 8, 2016|access-date=December 4, 2016 |quote=Ed Lopez, co-chair of Republicans for Johnson/Weld, talked about why he and other Republicans were supporting the Libertarian ticket in 2016, as well as their work to bolster third-party candidates. }}</ref> <ref name=Flathat>{{ cite news | url=http://flathatnews.com/2016/10/25/liberty-tour-visits-campus-to-advocate-for-johnson-governor-gary-johnson-funds-national-tour-uses-comedy-to-engage-students/ | title=Liberty Tour Visits Campus To Advocate For Johnson: Governor Gary Johnson Funds National Tour, Uses Comedy To Engage Students |website=Flat Hat News |author=Allie Dignan|date=October 25, 2016 |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="Good4Utah">{{cite web | url=http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-to-advocate-for-third-party-inclusion |title=Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson to Advocate for Third Party Inclusion | website=Good4Utah.com | date=October 31, 2016 }}</ref> <ref name="HP">{{cite web|title=Koch-Funded Efforts To Win Hispanics Crashing, Burning|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-hispanics-trump_us_5744e0dbe4b03ede4413368d|website=Huffington Post| author=Michelle Fields|date=May 24, 2016|access-date=June 28, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="nashuatelegraph.com">{{ cite news | url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/business/businesspeople/472333-267/story.html | title=Business People: Donna Nicholaides, Walter Schnecker, Clara Doss, Ed Lopez, Marie Lopez, Chris Houpis, Peter Dobratz, Karen Files, Kimberly Kohm, Krista Lalibert | website=Nashua Telegraph | date=December 9, 2009 |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="NHJournal">{{ cite news | url=http://nhjournal.com/updated-young-conservatives-for-freedom-to-marry-in-nh/ |title='Young Conservatives for Freedom to Marry' in NH to launch campaign to reform RNC platform | website=NH Journal | date=June 4, 2014 |author=John DiStaso |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="Patch JHLT">{{ cite web | url=http://patch.com/new-hampshire/portsmouth-nh/five-portsmouth-residents-to-serve-on-jon-huntsman-s-c52b1d5424 |title=Five Portsmouth Residents to Serve on Jon Huntsman's Leadership Team | website=Portsmouth Path | author=Robert Cook | date=November 18, 2011 |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="PJ Bush opts">{{cite news |title=In R.I., Bush opts for contributions over kids |author=Jonathan Saltzman |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=152513532E169968&p_docnum=3&s_orderid=NB0116010903514513465&s_dlid=DL0116010903515513484&s_ecproduct=DOC&s_ecprodtype=NORENEW&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_username=ejlr&s_accountid=AC0116010902360010205&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=[[The Providence Journal]] |date=September 9, 1999 |access-date=January 8, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="PP Born to be Mild">{{cite news | url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/97/12/18/GOP.html | title=Born to be Mild: Rhode Island's College Republicans Defy the Stereotype of Hard-Core Party Animals | author=Mark Bazer | website=Providence Phoenix | date=December 18, 1997 | access-date=December 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415014534/http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/97/12/18/GOP.html | archive-date=April 15, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="PP Young Eddy">{{cite news | url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/pj/99/11/04/pj.html | title=Young Eddie Makes his Move | website=Providence Phoenix | date=November 4, 1999 | access-date=December 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415014454/http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/pj/99/11/04/pj.html | archive-date=April 15, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=providence>{{ cite news | url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/98/06/25/LOPEZ.html | title=Language of Lopez | website=Providence Phoenix | date=June 25, 1998 | author=Shawn Zeller | access-date=December 4, 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415014508/http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/98/06/25/LOPEZ.html | archive-date=April 15, 2012 }}</ref> <ref name=OPENMIND>{{ cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6oiB00tW3U |title=Ed Lopez on The Open Mind: A Popular Electoral College (video) | website=YouTube The Open Mind Channel | date=September 2, 2019|access-date=January 14, 2021 |quote=On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Ed Lopez-Reyes to continue our discussion of the national popular vote movement with one of its most important grassroots advocates on the eastern seaboard. }}</ref> <ref name=PBSNPV>{{ cite web | url=https://www.thirteen.org/openmind/public-affairs/a-popular-electoral-college/6199/ |title=A Popular Electoral College (video) | website=Thirteen | date=September 2, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019 |quote=Republican political strategist Ed Lopez discusses the federalist argument for the National Popular Vote. }}</ref> <ref name=LFORNPV>{{ cite web | url=https://www.libertariansfornationalpopularvote.com/about-us |title=Libertarians for National Popular Vote About Us | website=libertariansfornationalpopularvote.com | access-date=January 14, 2021 |quote=We Are Libertarians for National Popular Vote. }}</ref> <ref name="RLC FAQ">{{ cite web | url=https://rlc.org/frequently-asked-questions |website=Republican Liberty Caucus | title=Frequently Asked Questions | quote=National Board serving through 2015: Vice Chair Ed Lopez of Connecticut|access-date=December 4, 2016 }}</ref> <ref name="Time">{{ cite magazine | url=http://time.com/3734626/gay-marriage-supreme-court-republicans/ |title=More Than 300 Republicans Call on Supreme Court to Recognize Gay Marriage Nationally | magazine=Time | date=March 5, 2015 | author=Zeke J. Miller |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="ustinovpolitics">{{cite web | url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ustinov.college/alumni/Associate2011.pdf | title=Moving from Durham into Politics | page=7 | author=Eduardo J. Lopez-Reyes |website=University of Durham | year=2011|access-date=December 4, 2016}}{{dead-link|date=April 2021}}</ref> <ref name=Vagazette>{{ cite news | url=http://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-liberty-tour-william-and-mary-williamsburg-1018-story.html |title=Liberty Tour comes to Williamsburg to talk election, personal freedom |website=The Virginia Gazette | author=Jack Jacobs |date=October 18, 2016 |access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="WP FtoM">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/freedom-to-marry-is-going-out-of-business-and-everybodys-thrilled/2015/07/30/5ca89b5c-322b-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html | title=Freedom to Marry is going out of business. And everybody's thrilled | author=Karen Heller | date=July 30, 2015|access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> }} ==Further reading== * {{cite book | author=Avila, Tomas A. | title=Rhode Island Latino Political Empowerment | publisher=Milenio Publishing | year=2007 |isbn=978-1928810063}} * {{cite book | author=Popoff, Martin | title=Pink Floyd: Album by Album | publisher=Voyageur Press | year=2018 |isbn=978-0760360613}} ==External links== * [http://www.edlopez.org Ed Lopez committee website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Ed}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American people of Guatemalan descent]] [[Category:American politicians of Guatemalan descent]] [[Category:American people of Puerto Rican descent]] [[Category:American politicians of Puerto Rican descent]] [[Category:Hispanic and Latino American politicians]] [[Category:Latter Day Saints from Connecticut]] [[Category:Latter Day Saints from New Hampshire]] [[Category:Latter Day Saints from Rhode Island]] [[Category:American libertarians]] [[Category:Christian libertarians]] [[Category:New Hampshire Republicans]] [[Category:Rhode Island Republicans]] [[Category:People from San Juan, Puerto Rico]] [[Category:People from Greenwich, Connecticut]] [[Category:Alumni of Durham University]] [[Category:Alumni of Ustinov College, Durham]] [[Category:University of Rhode Island alumni]] [[Category:The American University in Cairo alumni]] [[Category:LGBT rights activists from the United States]] [[Category:American expatriates in Egypt]] [[Category:American expatriates in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:American Mormon missionaries in the Dominican Republic]] [[Category:20th-century Mormon missionaries]] [[Category:Intelligence analysts]] [[Category:Military intelligence]] [[Category:United States Army personnel]]'