The Job of Campaigning Is Extremely Family-Unfriendly
But federal guidelines now allow candidates to use campaign funds to pay for child care.
This week, it got a bit easier for working parents—and working mothers especially—to run for federal office.
On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission that M. J. Hegar, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, can spend campaign funds on child care for her two kids while she’s running for office. The ruling builds on the FEC’s determination that Liuba Grechen Shirley, who at the time was running for a
