Elias Coop-Gonzalez

Elias Coop-Gonzalez
Elias Coop-Gonzalez
	Coop-Gonzalez at the 2024 Hazlitt Summit
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 7, 2022
Preceded by	Cody Thompson
Constituency	67th district
Personal details
Born	Elías Gordén Coop-González; May 2, 2002 (age 23); Sololá, Guatemala
Party	Republican
Education	Tygart Valley Christian Academy
Alma mater	Liberty University (BS)
Website	Official website

Preceded byCody Thompson

Constituency67th district

BornElías Gordén Coop-González
May 2, 2002 (age 23)

Sololá, Guatemala

PartyRepublican

Elias Coop-Gonzalez (/kuːp/; KuP Gon-Sales; born May 2, 2002) is an American politician. He currently serves as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for District 67, which encompasses Randolph County and Pendleton County, for the Republican Party. He assumed office on December 1, 2022.^[1] Coop-Gonzalez is among the youngest state legislators in the United States, running at age 19 and taking office at 20. He currently sits on four committees: Banking and Insurance, Energy and Manufacturing, Political Subdivisions, and Veterans Affairs/Homeland Security.^[2]^[3]

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Elias Coop-Gonzalez	3490	60.29
Democratic	Cody Thompson	2299	39.71

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Elias Coop-Gonzalez	4358	54.54
Democratic	Cody Thompson	3632	45.46

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Elias Coop-Gonzalez
Coop-Gonzalez at the 2024 Hazlitt Summit

Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Incumbent
Assumed office December 7, 2022
Preceded by	Cody Thompson
Constituency	67th district

Personal details
Born	Elías Gordén Coop-González (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 23) Sololá, Guatemala
Party	Republican
Education	Tygart Valley Christian Academy
Alma mater	Liberty University (BS)
Website	Official website