62 Facts About Mia Love

Ludmya "Mia" Love was an American political commentator and politician who served as the US representative for Utah's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2019.

Mia Love was elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, in 2010, having previously served on its City Council.

Mia Love ran for Congress again and was elected in 2014, defeating Democratic opponent Doug Owens; she defeated Owens a second time to win re-election in 2016.

Mia Love was born Ludmya Bourdeau on December 6,1975, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Mia Love was the daughter of Mary and Jean Maxime Bourdeau.

Mia Love's father had been threatened by the Tonton Macoute, the secret police in Haiti, and her parents traveled to the United States on a tourist visa.

Mia Love's father became a paint company manager, and her mother worked as a nurse.

Mia Love's birth enabled her parents to gain a US residency permit under an immigration law that favored immigrants from the Western Hemisphere who had a child born in the United States; the law expired in January 1976, just 25 days after Mia Love's birth.

When Mia Love was five, her family moved from Brooklyn to Norwalk, Connecticut.

Mia Love was raised as a Catholic in the faith of her parents.

Mia Love attended the University of Hartford Hartt School with a half-tuition scholarship.

Mia Love began to be active in civic affairs when she served as the community spokesperson in Saratoga Springs, Utah, in an effort to persuade the developer of her neighborhood to spray against flies.

In 2003, Mia Love won a seat on the Saratoga Springs City Council.

Mia Love was the first female Haitian-American elected official in Utah County; she took office in January 2004.

Mia Love worked with other city council members to cut expenses, reducing the city's shortfall during the economic downturn from $3.5 million to $779,000.

In 2012, Mia Love ran for Congress in Utah's 4th congressional district.

Mia Love competed for the Republican nomination against attorney Jay Cobb and State Reps.

Nationally, Mia Love received campaign support from 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Committee Chairman and 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, and Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Mia Love was seen as having run a weak campaign, switching campaign managers three times, trying to "nationalize" the race rather than focus on local issues, and missing interviews and appointments, ostensibly because of rifts within her campaign staff.

In May 2013, Mia Love announced she would run for Congress again in 2014.

Mia Love was an opening speaker at the 2013 Western Conservative Summit.

Mia Love spoke of the need for increased grassroots organization in the Republican Party and the need to be independent from the government.

In November 2013, Mia Love acknowledged the growing consensus that the Tea Party movement needed to shift away from being the "party of no", disagreeing with its part in forcing a federal government shutdown over the budget.

Mia Love was ranked as the favored candidate due to her name recognition and district characteristics.

In early 2014, Mia Love was made a member of the Republican National Committee's National Advisory Council on African-American outreach.

Mia Love was challenged by Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, in 2018.

Mia Love joined the Congressional Black Caucus after taking her seat.

In October 2015, Mia Love was named to serve on the Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood.

On two occasions in 2015, Mia Love repaid the federal government for a travel-related expense for which she had been improperly reimbursed.

In March 2018, Mia Love became a supporter of creating federal laws against pyramid schemes.

Mia Love supported adding multivitamins to the list of items that could be purchased through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Mia Love called on the US Department of Education to allow state regulation of student loan providers.

Also in the spring of 2018, Mia Love signed a discharge petition seeking to force a floor vote on four immigration-related bills.

Mia Love was the co-leader with Pramila Jayapal of an effort to keep in place rules that allowed accompanying spouses of H-4 Visa holders to have work authorization while in the United States.

Mia Love was a member of the Congressional Western Caucus and the Climate Solutions Caucus.

Mia Love attributed her absence to caring for a sick child.

Mia Love served as a non-residential senior fellow to The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

In fall 2020, Mia Love was appointed a fellow of the Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

In June 2021, Mia Love joined the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University as the national outreach director.

In January 2023, Mia Love published a memoir titled Qualified: Finding Your Voice, Leading with Character, and Empowering Others, through Hachette Book Group.

In 2012, Mia Love said she would focus on opposing federal regulations, particularly those set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Mia Love supported the building of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Mia Love supported Utah's effort to reclaim public land from federal agency controls.

Mia Love proposed a blueprint to cut federal spending by $750 billion, focusing on cutting entitlements like free school lunch, special education funding, subsidized school loans, funds to prevent homelessness, healthcare subsidies, Medicaid spending, and food assistance.

Mia Love referred to her proposed cuts as a "nasty-tasting medicine" needed for the country to run appropriately.

Mia Love was described as a Tea Party conservative in 2012.

Mia Love supported tax cuts, cuts to foreign aid, and tort reform.

Mia Love supported the March 2015 budget, which required an increase in federal employee contributions to their retirement funds.

Mia Love promoted the work of the libertarian think tank Cato Institute.

Mia Love supported cutting the Earned Income Tax Credit in half and privatizing the air traffic control system.

Mia Love stated that she was in favor of banning bump stocks and increasing the level of background checks required to buy guns.

Mia Love favored repealing the Affordable Care Act, reducing federal subsidies towards healthcare, and putting caps on Medicaid spending.

Mia Love was a co-sponsor of the Recognizing America's Children Act, which would provide a pathway for DACA recipients to permanently remain in the country.

In 2018, Mia Love joined Democrats in seeking to force immigration-related legislation to a vote on the House floor.

On October 8,2016, following the release of a damaging video depicting then-presidential nominee Donald Trump having a lewd conversation about women, Mia Love stated publicly that she would not vote for Trump in the presidential election.

In early 2018, Mia Love joined other Utah political leaders in expressing opposition to President Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Mia Love supported Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.

Mia Love wanted to be closer to a LDS Church temple and to learn more about her faith.

Jason and Mia Love were married in December 1998, four months after their first date.

In February 2022, Mia Love was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, and doctors predicted she had ten to fifteen months to live.

On March 1,2025, Mia Love's daughter announced on social media that the treatments were no longer effective against the tumor, and the family was moving "from treatment to enjoying [their] remaining time with her".

Mia Love died at her home on March 23,2025, at the age of 49.