CNN) - With 100% of the precincts counted, CNN projects Utah's incumbent Republican Rep. Jim Matheson won re-election after besting Mia Love in a high-profile congressional race that captured national attention.Matheson, no stranger to tough elections, is a six-term Democrat in a largely Republican district that includes Salt Lake City.
Michael Steele kicked to the curb by the republicans, west, Love kicked to the curb by progressives, is this sending a message to ethnics your usefulness in the republican party is short lived by them or us?
Love, a Mormon of Haitian descent, currently serves as mayor of Utah's Saratoga Springs. She was considered a rising star in the Republican Party, and spoke at the Republican National Convention in August.
"she was" her rising star status no longer until they need another one for show and tell
