Former Utah Congresswoman Mia Love's Brain Cancer Is 'No Longer Responding' to Treatment, Daughter Says

Mar. 15, 2025

Utah Congresswoman Mia Love in 2018.Photo:AP Photo/George Frey

AP Photo/George Frey

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, is no longer responding to treatment for an aggressive and malignant brain tumor known asglioblastoma, with which she was diagnosed in 2022.

The former Utah congresswoman, 49, whowas electedto serve the state’s fourth district in 2014, had shared her glioblastoma brain cancer diagnosis onCNNlast May, telling hostJake Tapperthat she was undergoing a clinical immunotherapy trial.

At the time, she said the trial was working. “Every scan I go through, it’s either not growing, or it has reduced a little bit," she said.

But the prognosis recently took a different turn. Her daughter Abigale wrotein a March 1 poston Love’s account on X, “Many of you are aware that Mom has been fighting GBM brain cancer. Sadly her cancer is no longer responding to treatment and the cancer is progressing.”

Mia Love made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Former Florida CongresswomanVal Demingsalso replied, writing, “I had the pleasure of serving with Mia during my first term in congress. We were on different sides of the aisle but she was strong and showed love and compassion for the least among us. She demonstrated that regardless of party, we can do both. Praying for Mia and her family.”

Glioblastoma is a “devastating” cancer that starts in your brain and spinal cord, theCleveland Clinicexplains, adding there’s ”no cure for the condition and the prognosis isn’t good.” That’s because glioblastoma cancer cells grow rapidly, and without treatment, can cause the patient’s death within six months.

As Love shared in aFacebook postlast May, “I want my journey to give others hope. Whether you are facing a cancer diagnosis yourself, or fighting a different battle, there is hope! For me, that hope comes from my faith and my family. Both have been a source of immeasurable strength, peace, love, and support. Every day, I thank God for my life and a family who give that life beauty and meaning.”

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source: people.com