First-time congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley, a Long Island Democrat, had petitioned the FEC for permission to pay her babysitter out of money donated to her campaign. It’s a game-changer,” Grechen Shirley, 36, said shortly after the decision was announced. Grechen Shirley is one of several Democrats seeking to unseat Rep. Peter T. King, the Republican incumbent in New York’s 2nd District. “She’s an integral member of the team, just as important as the campaign manager and the finance director,” Grechen Shirley said of her 17-hour-a-week babysitter. Grechen Shirley said she has run into the same voter concerns reflected in a survey while on the campaign trail.

Source: Washington Post May 10, 2018 22:08 UTC