Just days before what would have been Mia Love’s 50th birthday on Dec. 6 and barely shy of a year since a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon was installed in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 11, 2024, Mia and Martha had a moment together. A moment of joint recognition, that is, when Mia received the Martha Hughes Cannon Legacy Award from Utah Women Run, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization hosted by the Hinckley Institute of Politics.

As a friend of Mia’s and a fan of Martha’s, it was my pleasure to attend a ceremony on Capitol’swhere Mia’s life and legacy were celebrated — and where five other influential women in Utah’s political scene were also honored.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson paid an emotional tribute to her friend who died in March of this year from glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive

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