Pro Politics with Zac McCrary Liuba Grechen Shirley, Founder/CEO of VoteMama
Liuba Grechen Shirley is the founder/CEO of VoteMama – a non-profit dedicated to supporting moms running for office. In this conversation, she talks running for office in 2018 as a first-time candidate, making history as the first woman to receive FEC approval to use campaign money for child care, and making an impact with VoteMama.
IN THIS EPISODE…
Liuba speaks to the politics that shaped here while growing up on Long Island…
Her analysis of why Trump connected with voters on Long Island…
Liuba talks her work on development in Ghana before entering politics…
The phenomenon of “mommy-tracking” in the business world…
How the switch flipped for her to become active in congressional politics in the 2018 election…
Liuba’s take on her 2018 opponent Congressman Peter King…
Her experience running for office as a first-time candidate…
How she made history as the first woman to receive approval to use campaign money to cover child care…
The relationship Liuba forged with Elizabeth Warren during the congressional campaign…
The high profile pol who gave Liuba pep talks before debates…
A window into how Liuba put together her consultant team…
Why she passed on the 2020 open-seat after a narrow 2018 loss…
How she started VoteMama to support mothers running for office…
VoteMama’s nonpartisan work being done to ensure more candidates can use campaign funds for child care…
How Liuba is thinking about the 2022 election cycle…
Advice for others starting a political non-profit…
AND 6-foot cardboard cutouts, Accra, adult coloring books, affable guys, Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Jocelyn Benson, Berlin Rosen, Anna Brichacek, Madison Cawthorn, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Colbert, FoxNews, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chelsea Clark, Isaac Goldberg, green marble notebooks, Grey’s Anatomy, MJ Hegar, Monica Klein, Kathy Hochul, Indivisible, Morgan Lamandre, Lindenhurst, Grace Meng, mom pep talks, Gwen Moore, the Muslim Ban, NYU, Maggie Oliver, paid family leave, orange juice, osteogenesis imperfecta, Papua New Guinea, party bosses, Planned Parenthood, Katie Porter, Emily Robinson, the Russian Revolution, Kim Schrier, small structural change…& more!