Mia Love, Utah’s 1st Black GOP Congresswoman, Dies At 49


Utah Gov. Spencer Cox known as Love a “true pal” after she handed away peacefully in her dwelling after a battle in opposition to mind most cancers.


The household of former Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) reveals she handed away in her dwelling at simply 49 years outdated, Fox Information reviews. 

In a press release posted on X, Love’s household says she handed away peacefully whereas surrounded by family members in her dwelling in Saratoga Springs, Utah. “With grateful hearts crammed to overflowing for the profound affect of Mia on our lives, we would like you to know that she handed away peacefully immediately. She was in her dwelling surrounded by household,” the assertion learn. 

“Within the midst of a celebration of her life and an avalanche of completely happy recollections, Mia quietly slipped the bands of mortality and, as her phrases and imaginative and prescient at all times did, soared heavenward,” the household continued. 

“We’re grateful for the various good needs, prayers and condolences. We’re taking a while as a household and can present details about funeral companies and a public celebration of her life within the days to return.”

In response to the Related Press, Love was present process therapy for mind most cancers and obtained immunotherapy as a participant in a scientific trial at Duke College’s mind tumor middle. Nonetheless, in early March 2025, her daughter introduced Love was not responding to the therapy. 

Often known as a fighter, Love entered the political realm over 20 years in the past in 2003 after securing a seat on the Saratoga Springs metropolis council and later turning into mayor. As a Black Republican and Mormon lady, Love believed the percentages could be in opposition to her profitable a bid for Congress, however she defeated first-time candidate Doug Owens by about 7,500 votes in 2014. 

Regardless of being a member of the Republican celebration, the daughter of Haitian immigrants saved her distance from President Donald Trump and the MAGA ideology, writing in regards to the America she grew up loving in a Deseret Information op-ed, remembering the roots being “respectful, resilient, giving and grounded in gritty willpower.” 

When she misplaced a 3rd time period try in 2018, Trump known as Love out by identify throughout a information convention after she overtly mentioned she refused to vote for him and endorsed then-presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz. “Mia Love gave me no love, and she or he misplaced,” Trump mentioned. 

“Too dangerous. Sorry about that, Mia.”

Whereas urging different elected officers to guide with compassion and talk actually with their constituents, Love pushed her hopes for a much less divisive nation. “In the long run, I hope that my life could have mattered and made a distinction for the nation I really like and the household and buddies I am keen on,” Love wrote. 

“I hope you will notice the America I do know within the years forward, that you’ll hear my phrases within the whisper of the wind of freedom and really feel my presence within the flame of the enduring ideas of liberty. My dwelling want and fervent prayer for you and for this nation is that the America I’ve recognized is the America you battle to protect.”

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