Mia Love

Ludmya Mia Love née Bourdeau December 6 1975 is an American political commentator and former politician who served as the US representative for Utahs 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2019 A Haitian American she was the first black person elected to Congress from Utah the first HaitianAmerican elected to Congress and the first black woman elected to Congress as a Republican Love was born to Haitian parents in the New York City borough of Brooklyn She was elected mayor of Saratoga Springs Utah in 2010 having previously served on its City Council She spoke at the 2012 Republican National Convention In 2012 she ran for Congress in Utahs 4th congressional district losing narrowly to incumbent Democratic Party US Representative Jim Matheson She ran for Congress again and was elected in 2014 defeating Democratic opponent Doug Owens she defeated Owens a second time to win reelection in 2016 She ran for reelection in 2018 but was defeated by Democrat Ben McAdams losing by 694 votes out of almost 270000 Love was hired by CNN as a political commentator in 2019