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...