Utah
House candidate and rising GOP star is black, female – and Mormon
To call Mia Love a minority is an understatement. She’s a black woman who won an upset primary race to become the Republican candidate in Utah’s 4th Congressional District. If elected, she’d be the first black Republican congresswoman in the House of Representatives. Love, who has attracted lots of national Republican support, also stands out [...]
Mia Love: black, conservative, Mormon, GOP House candidate from Utah
Amid the crowded field of House candidates across the country in 2012, expect to hear a lot about Mia Love, a Republican who is an African American and a Mormon and who on Saturday defeated a handful of rivals to clinch the party nomination in the campaign for Utah’s fourth congressional district. Love is preparing [...]
Black salespeople claim racism behind Utah arrests
Eight African-American door-to-door salespeople are claiming racial discrimination after they were arrested for soliciting without a license in the Summit County community of Jeremy Ranch. The eight told the Deseret News of Salt Lake City that they were booked, while a white co-worker was not arrested. Their white colleague, 20-year-old Kristin Riege, backs up their [...]
