The late Utah Rep. Mia Love was honored Monday with the first ever Martha Hughes Cannon Legacy Award, highlighting her trailblazing career as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a close personal friend of Love’s since she first became mayor of Saratoga Springs in 2010, presented the award at the state Capitol. She recalled first meeting over the phone during Love’s mayoral campaign, when the candidate reached out to Henderson for advice.

“We’ve been very good friends ever since,” the lieutenant governor said. “We went through a lot together: wins and losses — both of us — ups and downs, sickness and health. And I learned a lot from my good friend. One of the things that I learned from Mia is that public service is not about you. Public service

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