During her congressional run this year, Shireen Ghorbani said there were times when her son would join her at events.
But that posed occasional challenges, the Democrat and now-Salt Lake County mayoral candidate said, as she had to be a parent and a political candidate simultaneously.
“It’s not easy to talk to people about issues like air quality, or health care, or addiction treatment services,” Ghorbani said, “when you have a 3½-year-old trying to cover up your face and looking for attention.”
Ghorbani ended up taking a leave of absence from her job at the University of Utah to devote more time to her campaign against Rep.