She has been named one of “Ten Republicans to Follow on Twitter,” she was a rockstar at the 2012 Republican National Convention — and now she is back for another crack at a House seat.
Mia Love, currently the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, has officially announced her candidacy for Utah’s fourth congressional district, setting up a rematch against Representative Jim Matheson, who defeated Love last November by just 768 votes out of 245,277 cast.
Love is a 37-year-old wife and mother of three, a Brooklyn native born of Haitian immigrants, and a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served six years on Saratoga Springs’s city council before being elected mayor. She is the first black female mayor in Utah’s history.
Learn more about Love at her website.