Greg Lopez

Greg Lopez (born June 7, 1964) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Parker, Colorado from 1992 to 1996 and ran in the Republican primary for governor of Colorado in 2018.
Early life
In 1969, Lopez's family moved to Dallas, Texas for public education where he graduated from Nimitz High School in 1982. In 1988, Lopez moved to Colorado with his wife after being honorably discharged from the air force.
Career
In 1992, Lopez became the youngest mayor in Colorado when he won the mayoralty of Parker, Colorado at age 27 as a member of the Democratic Party, but in 1994, he switched his political affiliation to Republican. In the 1990s there were incidents of domestic abuse between him and his wife Lisa and were each plead guilty to a single charge of harassment against one another which given a deferred judgment with them having to go through marriage counseling.
In 2008, he was appointed as the Colorado director for the Small Business Administration and served until his resignation in 2014.
Gubernatorial
In 2016, he announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for , but later dropped out before the primaries.
In 2017, Lopez announced his intention to run for the governorship of Colorado and qualified for the Republican primary ballot as he received over 30% of the assembly caucus vote, making him come ahead of more notable candidates like state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, and later came in third place with 13% of the vote in the Republican primary. On August 20, 2019, he announced his intention to run for governor again in 2022.
During the coronavirus pandemic Lopez protested Governor Jared Polis' stay-at-home orders and mandatory closing of non-essential businesses.

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