Colby Lopez

Colby Alexander Lopez is a young person, passionate about making a difference for the 51st House District.

 

The oldest child of a Mexican Immigrant, and a born-and-raised West Virginian; experiencing economic high and lows in youth, relating to the struggles of the working classes. Lopez’s parents taught the values of hard work and compassion — the same work ethic and empathy Lopez will bring to the West Virginia Legislature.

 

Colby aims to improve the lives of all West Virginians — with particular interest in rural folk, the working classes, and the poor — through policies influenced by those values, various political ideologies, and personal interest research into the politics of the past, present, and future. 

 

While attending WVU Tech, Lopez served as a member of the Student Government Association as a Senator, Treasurer, Vice-President, and President.

 

In 2019, as a candidate for Oak Hill City Council, Lopez brought attention to an issue in the voter rolls, during the early voting period, which caused hundreds of ward 2 voters to be told they were not listed among eligible voters. The campaign took place during the same year that Lopez graduated high school, started university, and supported their mom through her cancer treatments.

 

Lopez is a resident of Ansted, and holds a full-time retail position at Wal-Mart in Fayetteville.