Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died [View all]

Source: AP

By MATTHEW BROWN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Updated 6:02 AM CDT, March 24, 2025

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday.

She was 49.

Love’s family posted news of her death on Love’s X account.

She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer and received immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial at Duke University’s brain tumor center. Her daughter said earlier this month that the former lawmaker was no longer responding to treatment.



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