- Love joins the ranks of fellow New Yorker Shirley Chisholm D-NY, who was the first African American woman elected to Congress (1968).
- Love, née Ludmya Bourdeau, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on Dec. 6, 1975 to Haitian parents, Mary and Jean Maxine Bourdeau.
- Love is the former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, following two terms on city council. Love became the first female Haitian-American elected official in Utah County, Utah.
- Love graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in fine arts and worked as a flight attendant for Continental Airlines.
- She is married to Jason Love and they have three children.
- Love’s political platform is limited government, increased citizen liberties and limited restraints on business.
