Politics
Mia Love on track to becoming first African American, female Republican elected to Congress
Their 2012 battle was the most expensive in Utah history, with both candidates and outside political groups spending a combined US$11.2 million.
Six months after her loss, Love announced she was giving it another shot. Her fundraising has outpaced Matheson’s in recent months, according to her most recent campaign reports filed in October. She brought in more than US$590,000 from July through September, while Matheson collected US$278,000. But Love has also been spending fiercely, shelling out more than US$376,000 in that same 3-month period.
Matheson, on the other hand, spent just over US$60,000.
Love’s campaign manager Dave Hansen said the campaign would issue a statement later Tuesday. If Love wins next year, the 38-year-old would be the first black, female Republican elected to Congress.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
