| July Sat, 2019
The Job of Campaigning Is Extremely Family-Unfriendly
“Still, the job of campaigning remains extremely family-unfriendly, FEC rulings or not. In terms of work-life balance, ‘the candidate’s always going to be struggling, because they need to be out there—they’re the person,’ said Kelly Dittmar, a political scientist at Rutgers University.”
| July Fri, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s partner Riley Roberts stays out of the spotlight. He’s onto something.
"Too many men have spoken for women in the past," Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, said.
| July Thu, 2019
Why it might get a lot easier for parents to run for office in New Jersey
"This really shows why representation matters. A woman faced this situation and asked, 'What are my rights? Can I have access to these resources?' It shows how the conversation changes when you have different people running for office,” said CAWP associate director Jean Sinzdak.
| July Thu, 2019
Vote Mama: How this new PAC is helping mothers run for office
“The numbers back that up, said Debbie Walsh, director of Rutgers University’s Center for American Women in Politics: ‘Historically women have tended to run when they’re older. They wait until the burden is lessened.’”