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[[File:Mia_love.jpg|right|150px]]
{{Officeholder
|name=Mia Love
|image=Mia love.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Jason Love
|religion=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Utah
|district=4th
|terms=January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2019
|preceded=[[Jim Matheson]]
|succeeded=[[Ben McAdams]]
}}
}}
'''Ludmya Bourdeau Love''', known as '''Mia Love''' (born December 6. 1975), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for Utah's 4th congressional district. In 2012, she lost a bid for the House to the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jim Matheson. Two years later when Matheson stepped down, she won the seat by defeating the Democrat Doug Owens, son of former U.S. Representative Wayne Owens. In 2016, Love won a rematch against Owens.
'''Ludmya Bourdeau Love''', known as '''Mia Love''' (born December 6. 1975), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for Utah's 4th congressional district. In 2012, she lost a bid for the House to the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jim Matheson. Two years later when Matheson stepped down, she won the seat by defeating the Democrat Doug Owens, son of former U.S. Representative Wayne Owens. In 2016, Love won a rematch against Owens.
==Early life==
Love was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], and graduated from the University of Hartford in the capital city of [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]]. In 1998, Love moved to [[Utah]]. A [[Mormon]], she is married with three children. She began in politics as a city councilwoman. In 2010, she was elected as only the third [[mayor]] of Saratoga Springs, Utah.<ref>[http://global.christianpost.com/news/mia-love-gop-house-candidate-hopes-to-break-stereotypes-73863/ Mia Love: GOP House Candidate Hopes to Break Stereotypes, Christian Post, April 25, 2012]</ref>
Love was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], and graduated from the University of Hartford in the capital city of [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]]. In 1998, Love moved to [[Utah]]. A [[Mormon]], she is married with three children. She began in politics as a city councilwoman. In 2010, she was elected as only the third [[mayor]] of Saratoga Springs, Utah.<ref>[http://global.christianpost.com/news/mia-love-gop-house-candidate-hopes-to-break-stereotypes-73863/ Mia Love: GOP House Candidate Hopes to Break Stereotypes, Christian Post, April 25, 2012]</ref>
In 2012 race for Congress, Love received endorsements from such Republican leaders as [[Eric Cantor]] (the since toppled House Majority Leader), [[Paul Ryan]], the 2012 vice-presidential nominee, and [[Kevin McCarthy]] of [[California]], who succeeded Cantor in 2014 as House Majority Leader. Though she ran as an insurgent [[conservative]], Love is now considered part of the [[Moderate Republican]] establishment.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
In 2012 race for Congress, Love received endorsements from such Republican leaders as [[Eric Cantor]] (the since toppled House Majority Leader), [[Paul Ryan]], the 2012 vice-presidential nominee, and [[Kevin McCarthy]] of [[California]], who succeeded Cantor in 2014 as House Majority Leader.
Love and [[Will Hurd]] of [[Texas]]' 23rd congressional district are the only [[African-American]] Republicans currently serving in the U.S. House.
Though she ran as an insurgent [[conservative]], Love is now considered part of the [[Moderate Republican]] establishment on some issues, as she joined 33 other House Republicans calling to maintain [[DACA]] amnesty before the end of 2017.<ref>[https://www.numbersusa.com/news/34-house-republicans-call-daca-amnesty 34 House Republicans Call for DACA Amnesty Before End of the Year]</ref>
After Love lost the 2018 race,<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Utah%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2018 Utah's 4th Congressional District election, 2018]</ref> [[Will Hurd]] of [[Texas]]' 23rd congressional district is the only [[African-American]] Republican currently serving in the U.S. House.
==Political views==
Love is, for the most part, is a conservative who is pro-life, opposes [[same-sex "marriage"]], and opposes stimulus spending measures.<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/House/Mia_Love.htm Mia Love on the Issues]</ref> However, she is a strong critic of [[Donald Trump]], saying he has "no real relationships".<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/26/mia-love-donald-trump-rebuke/2117629002/ Mia Love slams Trump, says GOP paid price for not letting minorities 'into their hearts']</ref> Despite this, and to the frustration of CNN liberals, she refused to cave into the "Trump is racist" narrative.<ref>[https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/mia-love-refuse-call-trump-racist-cnn-panel-goes-hysterics Mia Love Refuse To Call Trump Racist, CNN Panel Goes Into Hysterics]</ref>
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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