The first black Republican woman elected to Congress is holding on to her seat for a second term.

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Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) is projected to defeat Doug Owens in a rematch of the 2014 race that first sent Love to Washington.

Love shot to prominence after speaking at the 2012 Republican National Convention, when she was the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah. She ran unsuccessfully for Congress that fall, before running again and winning two years later.