Mia Love
Ludmya "Mia" B. Love (born 1975) is the first African-American woman to serve as a city mayor in the U.S. state of Utah. She began her term as mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah in January 2010.
Love was born in New York City and raised there and in Connecticut. Her parents were immigrants from Haiti, and she had older siblings who were born in that country. She graduated from the University of Hartford. After this she worked as an airline flight attendant. Around this time she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Love married Jason Love and in 1997 they moved to Saratoga Springs, Utah. In 2003 she was elected to the Saratoga Springs City Council and in 2009, she was elected mayor of that city. In her race for mayor Love campaigned on the preservation of quality of life and open space in Saratoga Springs.
In August of 2011, Love announced she was considering running for Congress in Utah's new 4th Congressional district.[1] In January 2012, she formally announced her bid for the congressional seat.[2]
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[edit] Political positions
Love favors eliminating the Department of Education and the Department of Energy.[3]
Love said that she favors "fiscal discipline, limited government, and personal responsibility."[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Deseret News, Aug. 10, 2011
- ^ http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=18752439
- ^ Love would 'take apart' Congressional Black Caucus if elected in Utah's 4th District, Deseret News, January 5, 2012
- ^ Aspiring first black GOP congresswoman: Don’t put me in a box, Daily Caller, January 14, 2012
[edit] Sources
- Deseret News, Sep. 26, 2004
- Deseret News, Jan. 14, 2010
- Deseret News, Jan. 9, 2010
- Love's mayoral campaign site
- NewsOne article mentioning Love's election
- Nov. 9, 2009 Salt Lake Tribune article on Love's victory
