Questionnaire

Participant Questionnaire

Please answer as many or as few questions as pertain to your situation. And thank you so much for your time!

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Name *

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Last

Address *

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City

State

Zip Code

Country

Email *

What year did you run for office? *

What office did you run for? (If more than one, please select the office you ran for when your children were youngest) *

Do you hold office now, and if so, what office? *

When you ran for office, did you have any resources or materials that explained or offered tips on how to manage your children during your campaign? *

What kind of challenges did you face on the campaign trail in terms of your dual roles...candidate and mother? *

Please describe what a day in your campaign life may have looked like. *

Can you offer a specific story of a touch situation with your kids that occurred while you were campaigning? (i.e. When campaigning on the Ocean City Boardwalk with then-candidate, Phil Murphy, my 11 year old son introduced himself to our county chair by saying, "I really identify as a Republican".) How did you handle this situation? *

Do you have any specific tips for other mothers of young or school-aged children (non-adult) running for office? *

What would it have helped to know, or understand, about candidacy as a mother, that you did not know about prior to running, if anything? *

How did your children react to your candidacy? What was beneficial for them? What didn't work? How could it have gone better, worse, etc.? *

Why did you decide to run for office? Did being a mother affect your decision in any way? *

Do you think it's important for women to run for office? Please explain. *

Do you think it's important for mothers in particular to run for office? If so, do you think that mother's offer any unique perspectives that make them good candidates and/or politicians? *

What are your thoughts on feminism? Is that something you try to encourage as a mom? *

What's the best thing you got out of running for office? The worst? *

In what ways has motherhood prepared you for political life? *

Is there anything important you would like to include? *

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