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Rep. Mia Love MIA in Lame Duck Session

Better Utah December 31, 2018

This article originally appeared in Role Call. Read it in its entirety here. Utah Rep. Mia Love has missed more votes in the lame duck session than any of the nearly three dozen other lawmakers who lost their reelection races in November, according to a recent analysis. The 4th District Republican was absent from a cluster of votes the week before Christmas as the federal government hurtled toward a partial shutdown.

Rep. Mia Love skips 83 percent of votes in lame-duck session, most of any ousted lawmaker

Better Utah December 27, 2018

This article originally appeared in 2 KUTV. Read it in its entirety here. Congresswoman Mia Love has been largely absent from Washington, D.C., since losing re-election. She’s missed 83.5 percent of votes since the beginning of November, according to data found on government transparency website GovTrack. It’s the worst lame-duck voting record of the nearly three dozen

Representative Mia Love, Once a Republican Star, Loses Re-election in Utah

Better Utah November 20, 2018

This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Read it in its entirety here. Ben McAdams, the Democratic mayor of Salt Lake County, unseated Representative Mia Love, the first and only black Republican woman in Congress, whose bid for re-election in deep red Utah failed by a narrow margin on Tuesday, according to The

Election Day isn’t until Tuesday, but Utah voter turnout is already strong

Better Utah November 4, 2018

This article originally appeared in the Deseret News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — More than half a million Utahns have already turned out to vote ahead of Election Day, according to state officials. But even after those early votes are counted, people may have to wait a few days to

Utah’s slow vote count may delay race call for Love, McAdams

Better Utah November 2, 2018

This article originally appeared in the Daily Herald. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — If a Utah race is too close to call on Election Night — a possibility in the slugfest between Republican Rep. Mia Love and Democrat Ben McAdams — residents and candidates will have to wait to find

Another FEC email renews fight over legality of $1 million raised by Rep. Mia Love

Better Utah October 31, 2018

This article originally appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Call it a battle of Federal Election Commission emails — over whether Rep. Mia Love truly has been cleared of any wrongdoing by collecting $1 million for a primary that she never faced. On Tuesday, the left-leaning Alliance for a

Fundraising Controversy Continues for Rep Mia Love

Better Utah October 31, 2018

This article originally appeared on Roll Call. Read it in its entirety here. The Federal Elections Commission is not finished reviewing Rep. Mia Love’s campaign fundraising, according to an from the FEC to a liberal group that filed a complaint against her for alleged violations. The Salt Lake Tribune first reported this story. The Utah Republican had claimed

Press Release: FEC Confirms That Mia Love Has Not Been Cleared of Wrongdoing

Katie Matheson October 30, 2018

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2018 FEC CONFIRMS THAT MIA LOVE HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED OF WRONGDOING Salt Lake City, UT – Responding to misleading statements from Mia Love, Alliance for a Better Utah released an email this morning from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) clarifying that Better Utah’s complaint remains under review.

Better Utah Responds to Statement From Mia Love

Better Utah October 22, 2018

Salt Lake City, UT – This morning, Representative Mia Love released an email she received from an attorney at the FEC addressing the primary funds she collected prior to the 2018 GOP convention. Love claimed the email cleared her of any wrongdoing in her primary campaign fundraising. Chase Thomas, executive director of Alliance for a

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