Alfonso H. Lopez

Alfonso Lopez represents District 3 covering Arlington and Alexandria in the Virginia House of Delegates. Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to an American mother of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage and an undocumented Venezuelan father, he made history in 2011 as the [first Latino Democrat elected to the Virginia General Assembly](https://vahousedems.org/members/alfonso-lopez/). He served in the Obama administration as Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, where he led the effort to pass the Small Business Jobs Act. He founded the Virginia Latino Caucus in 2018 and in 2024 became the [first Latino to chair a full committee](https://vahousedems.org/2023/12/11/delegate-alfonso-lopez-named-chairman-of-house-agriculture-chesapeake-and-natural-resources-committee/) in Virginia House history.

Son of an undocumented immigrant father from Venezuela who came to the U.S. seeking a better life, and an American mother of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage who taught and counseled in the Arlington Public Schools system for thirty years. Married to Sarah Mitte Zevin; two children, Aaron and Gabriel.