#US Republicans Elect First Black Woman To Congress!

It has been a dream come true as the first black woman was elected to the US Congress as a member of the Republican Party for the first time in history.

Mia Love, a 38-year-old former small town mayor, electrified conservatives in Utah with her promise to take on “the Godzilla that we call the federal government” and won in the state's fourth congressional district, the telegraph.co.uk reports

She will join Tim Scott, a black senator from South Carolina, as one of just three African-American Republicans in Congress. The Democrats count 43 members in their current Congressional ranks.

Mrs Love's path to Utah - and now to Washington - is an unlikely one. Mrs Love was born in New York to Catholic parents who had immigrated from Haiti just two years earlier. The family worked hard, saved money and eventually moved to more prosperous settings in Connecticut.

“An African-American congresswoman is solid gold for the Republicans,” says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Centre for Politics. “They have enduring, deep problems with both minorities and women across the country, so I guarantee you they will feature Mia Love prominently.”  The Telegraph