Candidates in Georgia can use campaign funds to cover childcare. Why aren’t they?

By: Maya Homan

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 897

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Georgia’s political hopefuls are hitting the trail as the May 19 primary election approaches. But for parents, particularly mothers of young children, family responsibilities can make the process of campaigning a more complicated endeavor.

In Georgia, only 19 of the state’s 236 lawmakers were moms of children under the age of 18, according to a 2024 report released earlier this week by the Vote Mama Foundation, which tracks barriers that moms of young children …

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