Love, 49, the first Black female Republican elected to Congress, was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022 Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, is no longer responding to treatment for an aggressive and malignant brain tumor known as glioblastoma,

Posting to her mother’s X account Saturday, Love’s daughter, Abigale Love, said that she and her mother’s team have decided to prioritize being with her and keeping her comfortable at this time.

Mia Love, who served two terms in the House of Representatives as the first Black Republican congresswoman, will no longer receive cancer treatments, her daughter said.