Eduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes best known as Ed Lopez (born June 26, 1976) is an American politician and activist for the Republican Party.
[14] Lopez was a Staff Assistant to United States Senators Hank Brown in Washington, D.C., and for John H. Chafee in his Providence, Rhode Island, district office.
[17] Lopez served on Rockingham County Leadership Team for former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. for President in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries.
[20][c] 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.
[22] 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.
[22] On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges meant that the Freedom to Marry's movement could be brought to a close.
[24][25][d] 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's Carla Howell and Lopez.
[24][e] Lopez is an advocate of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,[29] as he discussed on an interview on PBS' The Open Mind.