Mia Love, Former GOP Rep., Useless at 49 After Mind Most cancers Prognosis

Mia Love, a former congresswoman, mayor and political commentator, has died on the age of 49.

Love’s demise was introduced by her household on Sunday, March 23, in a publish on X. Love, the primary Black Republican lady elected to Congress, was recognized with glioblastoma, a malignant mind tumor, in 2022.

“With grateful hearts stuffed to overflowing for the profound affect of Mia on our lives, we wish you to know that she handed away peacefully right this moment,” the publish started. “She was in her dwelling surrounded by household. Within the midst of a celebration of her life and an avalanche of joyful reminiscences, Mia quietly slipped the bands of mortality and, as her phrases and imaginative and prescient all the time did, soared heavenward.”

“We’re grateful for the various good needs, prayers and condolences. We’re taking a while as a household and can present details about funeral providers and a public celebration of her life within the days to return,” the publish concluded.

The information comes after Love confirmed on March 11, 2025, that her most cancers had stopped responding to therapy, writing an open letter revealed by Deseret Information.

“My expensive buddies, fellow Individuals and Utahns,” Love wrote. “I’m taking over my pen, to not say goodbye however to say thanks and specific my residing want for you and the America I do know.”

Love shared that she and her household had “shifted our focus from therapies, to having fun with each second and making reminiscences with the time we now have.” She thanked her groups of medical professionals, in addition to household, buddies and followers who had lifted her up in prayer, for extending her life.

“We’re not sure how lengthy this season of my battle will likely be and I do need to share, and reshare, some issues with the world that I passionately imagine,” she famous. “I write all of this as my ‘residing want’ and hopefully ‘enduring want’ for you.”

“As a mayor, member of Congress and media commentator I’ve seen the worst of petty politics, divisive rhetoric and disappointing lapses of ethical character by some,” Love continued. “These similar roles additionally supplied me a entrance row seat and backstage cross to be blessed and impressed by the braveness, imaginative and prescient and hope of America’s best daughters, sons and residents.”

Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants who didn’t converse English upon their arrival in America, Love’s life story was undeniably a model of the American Dream. She attended faculty in Connecticut on a partial scholarship, graduating from the College of Hartford Hartt Faculty with a level in musical theatre. 

After shifting to Utah in 1998, she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and married LDS missionary Jason Love. She additionally turned lively in native politics, profitable a seat on the Saratoga Springs Metropolis Council in 2003, earlier than being elected mayor in 2009.

She then turned her consideration to Congress, narrowly dropping a Home seat to Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson in 2012. However Love wasn’t deterred. She ran once more in 2014, and this time received the election to turn into Utah’s first Black consultant on Capitol Hill.

Love served two phrases within the Home of Representatives and notably labored on payments centered on banking regulation, pyramid schemes and immigration. She was appointed to the Home Monetary Companies Committee and joined the Congressional Black Caucus.

After she was narrowly defeated for reelection in 2018, Love turned a contributor at CNN and an occasional conservative visitor host on The View. She additionally voted as an elector for Utah within the 2020 presidential election.

Although she was recognized in 2022, Love publicly revealed her most cancers journey in a Might 2024 interview with CNN host Jake Tapper. She shared on the time that she was seeing optimistic outcomes from a medical immunotherapy trial.

“Each scan I’m going by way of, it’s both not rising, or it has diminished slightly bit,” she stated of her tumor.

Nonetheless, the prognosis took a distinct flip in early 2025, when her daughter Abigale posted from her social media accounts.

“Lots of you’re conscious that Mother has been combating GBM mind most cancers,” Abigale shared on March 1. “Sadly her most cancers is not responding to therapy and the most cancers is progressing.”

Within the open letter that Love revealed about her declining well being days later, she shared her desires for a future she wouldn’t have the possibility to see.

“Ultimately, I hope that my life can have mattered and made a distinction for the nation I really like and the household and buddies I am keen on,” she wrote. “I hope you will note the America I do know within the years forward, that you’ll hear my phrases within the whisper of the wind of freedom and really feel my presence within the flame of the enduring rules of liberty.”

“My residing want and fervent prayer for you and for this nation is that the America I’ve recognized, is the America you struggle to protect and that every citizen, and each chief, will do their half to make sure that the America we all know would be the America our grandchildren and nice grandchildren will inherit,” she concluded.

Love is survived by her husband, Jason, and their three youngsters: Alessa, Abigaile, and Peyton.