The Cook Political Report (CPR), a non-partisan group that analyzes elections, has changed the ratings in 12 districts across the country for the House 2018 elections as Democrats gain strength.
It’s important to note that the ratings have not gone directly to Democrat, but it shows that these districts have become vulnerable....
Mia Love, Republican Congresswoman from Utah, gave what many consider to be the most moving speech at the March for Life.
Those of you who have been around here for a long time will remember that we were the first website in the conservative movement to write about her candidacy, in early...
Between the dust-up over Mia B. Love (R-UT) using taxpayer money ($1,160) to attend the White House Correspondence Dinner and...
A surprising, but welcoming congressional endorsement.
Mia Love inserted herself into the pages of history in November 2014 when she became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, when she defeated Democrat Doug Owens 50%-47%.
Love, who is of Haitian descent and a Mormon, has now expressed her support for Sen. Marco...
Longtime readers know the history of Legal Insurrection and Mia Love, whose success was one of the most satisfying moments for Legal Insurrection.
This interview with Lou Dobbs shows why we’ve supported her since the start.
Via Washington Examiner. Love became very emotional when discussing the Planned Parenthood videos:
Freshman Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah,...
Amidst all the good news from election 2014, the victories of Tim Scott, South Carolina’s Senator, and Mia Love, new Representative from Utah’s 4th District, are especially noteworthy.
There’s no way to deny that their race becomes important, if only because Democrats have emphasized race so very much. Sadly,...
On Election night it was particularly satisfying to see Mia Love elected to the House of Representatives in Utah’s 4th District.
It was satisfying not just because it was a Republican pick up, but because of our long history of following Mia’s political career from its infancy:
We first covered Mia — and...
It has been a long time since we wrote about Mia B. Love, running for Congress in Utah-04.
We first covered Mia — and were the first to cover her campaign — in early January 2012, when no one gave her a chance of getting the Republican nomination,
Jim Matheson has been the Harry Houdini of modern politics, a Democrat surviving in a heavily Republican Utah district which became even more Republican after the 2010 redistricting.
But he still beat Mia Love in 2012. By a few hundred votes. In Utah. With Romney at the top of the ticket.
Mathes...
Mia Love rocketed to stardom in 2012.
When she was featured here on January 9, 2012, almost no one had heard of her and she was given almost no chance of winning the Republican nomination.
With the help of the conservative blogosphere, including many of the larger blogs like Hot Air and Instapundit,...
I’ve been giving serious consideration to finally joining the NRA.
The people who want to take away your guns (and they would if they could) almost always are the same people who want to control every aspect of your life, from the health care you get to the sodas you drink to the pain...
After election day in Utah-04, Democrat Jim Matheson was ahead of Mia Love by 2,646 votes.
But there were approximately 72,000 provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted. The results for the final canvass are being released today. We will update.
Operation Counterweight 2012 is over. I reported the results in an earlier post, here is my assessment.
The first thing you need to understand is that by definition we chose difficult races, not e...
I certainly don’t want to get overly confident, but this is very good news, via The Salt Lake Tribune:
For 12 years, Jim Matheson has been a political escape artist, managing to wiggle free from every trap the Utah Republicans have thrown his way.
But after six successful elections, his charmed political run...
A new video from the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Features two of our Operation Counterweight candidates.
Mia Love is in a tight race in Utah-04 against Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson.
While recent polling had Love slightly ahead, the race is expected to be close.
As a Democrat in a majority Republican district, Matheson tries to keep quiet about his support of Obama. Matheson needs a lot of voters to...
