Greg Lopez
At a May 2024 congressional debate Lopez said U.S. military and financial aid to Israel should continue. He characterized Hamas as having started the conflict, saying "We have to remember who started this crisis".
Lopez is a former mayor of Parker and served as U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 4th District from June to December 2024, filling a vacancy. He qualified for the 2026 ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for governor.
His position is on the record from a May 2024 debate during that special election: U.S. military and financial aid to Israel should continue. In the same debate he described Hamas as the instigator, saying "We have to remember who started this crisis".
Earlier, in a 2022 iVoterGuide questionnaire during his gubernatorial campaign, he marked "Disagree" when asked whether he supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.
He briefly held the House seat and so could have voted on these appropriations. Colorado’s governor has no role in them, which is why the card reports what he said rather than what the office would decide.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- 2024-05-22 [Current position; card-leading]: At a debate for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election he stated that U.S. military and financial aid to Israel should continue. Reported in the Colorado Sun’s Unaffiliated newsletter (2024-05-24). Direction is unambiguous and he was a congressional candidate at the time, which is the office that decides it.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2024-05-22 [Current position]: In the same debate he characterized Hamas as the instigator: "We have to remember who started this crisis".
- 2022 [Earlier record; survey response]: In an iVoterGuide questionnaire during his 2022 gubernatorial campaign he marked "Disagree" on supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. Out of scope by the standing content rule, which excludes anti-boycott positions, and recorded here rather than used.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- 2024-10 [Current position]: A Colorado Times Recorder piece on Jewish Coloradans and political messaging. The first search extracted no claim by him from it.
- 2024-09-17: A letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on campus antisemitism, and coverage of it. Whether he signed it is not established by the first search; his House term ended in December 2024, so it falls inside it. Not used.
Safety and antisemitism
- See the campus-antisemitism letter above, whose signatory list the first search did not confirm.
Identity and ballot status
- Ballotpedia profile; ballot qualification coverage (2026-07-28).
What came back empty or unusable
- No statement located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
- Nothing located from the 2026 governor campaign itself; his in-scope statement dates from his 2024 congressional run.
- Whether he signed the September 2024 campus-antisemitism letter would not open.
Also in this race: Nathaniel Archuleta (Other), Abass Yaya Bamba (Other), Shawn Bennett (Other), Willow Collamer (Other), James Dulaney (Other), Charles Evanson (Other), Marla Fernandez (Other), Danny Fish (Other), Justin Ganoe (Other), Stephen Hamilton (Other), Kelsey Heikkinen (Other), Chante Jones (Other), Christian Komor (Other), Rabin Mahanty (Other), Marcus Marte (Other), Victor Marx (Republican), Eric Mulder (Libertarian), Fred Osborne (Other), Jarvis Ray (Other), Joseph Rodriguez (Other), Joshua Rodriguez (Libertarian), Gregory Roebuck (Other), Rachel Suh (Other), Erik Underwood (Other), Bradley Wall (Other), Phil Weiser (Democrat), Matthew Yearous (Other) · All Colorado candidates.
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