Mia Love is virtually certain to be a member of Congress a year from now.
The Utah Republican is running for the House seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Jim Matheson, a very conservative Democrat. Love narrowly lost to Matheson in 2012. But the Republican nominating convention in spring 2014 is set to make her the GOP nominee in this ruby-red district.
When Love gets to Capitol Hill she'll be the first black Republican woman in Congress. And Mormon to boot.
Love, 38, a former Saratoga Springs mayor, is running on a fiscally conservative platform of limited government, with a heavy emphasis on personal responsibility.
She has advocated for reducing federal aid to students and allowing loan rates to be set by the free market. And Love is anti-abortion. She also supports domestic energy exploration, local control of education, Second Amendment rights, and state control of public lands.
Love is the daughter of Haitian-American immigrants. In 1998 shortly after graduating from college, the native New Yorker joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Soon afterward as part of her job as a flight attendant she relocated to Utah to be closer to the temple and to learn more about her faith.
Love has said that if elected to Congress, she would "join the Congressional Black Caucus and try to take that thing apart from the inside out." To the Deseret News she described the Caucus, which currently has only Democratic members, as characterized by "...demagoguery. They sit there and ignite emotions and ignite racism when there isn't. They use their positions to instill fear. Hope and change is turned into fear and blame. Fear that everybody is going to lose everything and blaming Congress for everything instead of taking responsibility."
When Love takes the oath of office as a House member in January 2015, she'll be the first black Republican serving there in a year. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), lost his seat in 2012 after one term. And Tim Scott (R-S.C.), was appointed to the Senate.
resource: http://politix.topix.com/story/9962-here-is-the-most-interesting-next-member-of-congress
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