Former US Representative Mia Love, the first Republican Black woman in Congress, died three years after being diagnosed with cancer.
Love received a dreadful diagnosis of glioblastoma in 2023. According to a statement sent by her family yesterday, Sunday, March 23, she passed away “in her home surrounded by family.”
“We want you to know that Mia passed away peacefully today, with hearts full to overflowing with gratitude for the profound influence of Mia on our lives,” her family wrote on Love’s Twitter account.
“Amid a celebration of her life and an avalanche of happy memories, Mia quietly slipped the bands of mortality and soared heavenward,” it continued, as her words and vision always did. “We are grateful for all of the well wishes, prayers, and condolences.”
According to sources, Love made history in 2014 when she was elected to represent Utah’s 4th Congressional District, following her political debut in which she battled a mosquito infestation in Saratoga Springs, Utah.
Later, Love would become a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, a group of Black lawmakers who work to ensure that Black Americans and other marginalized groups “have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.” The sole Republican to enter the caucus was Love.
After losing her seat by less than a percentage point, the congressman became a political commentator on CNN.
In 2022, Love was tragically diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer, or GBM. Glioblastoma can expand swiftly to invade healthy tissue after starting as a growth of brain or spinal cord cells.
According to the MD Anderson Cancer Center, those with GBM have a one and a half to two-year outlook. Just 10% of people survive after five years.
I hope you find peace. Love Mia.
