Gray’s rural credentials, having grown up on a family farm, could broaden her appeal, he added. “Right here in Newbury, we’ve had more deaths than births. Another candidate would likely have to contest her candidacy in the courts to get an official answer on her qualifications, as both the Secretary of State and Attorney General say it’s not their job to enforce constitutional requirements on office holders. “She would come over and ask ‘Do you need a break? “I can’t say I remember the specific details of that conversation but I know I was so energized by it that after we got off the phone I made a beeline for the admissions office and said this is somebody we need to get to Vermont Law School,” Stone said. MOLLY GRAY FOR VERMONT Join our campaign to take Vermont forward. “Be it addressing sexual violence in the Congo or the rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, or protecting vulnerable adults here in Vermont.”Missing out on the latest scoop?

But Kunin wouldn’t describe Gray as “ambitious” — she thinks the word can be weaponized as a sexist accusation for young women who have achieved success. “I’ve been working hard my entire life. I’m a fourth-generation Vermonter. It begins right here in our communities at home.” Gray has taken a different route in life as compared to her family. “She looked over and was just like, ‘This is awesome! She would organize trips to the Congo, Uganda, Georgia and other countries where conflicts were taking place. “And I’m going to do everything in my power to help Vermonters access voting, not only in this primary but in the general moving forward.” Gray said that during her second stretch in Switzerland, the toll of traveling started to affect her again. “When I got my license I was like ‘I’m going to go make some money scooping ice cream,’” she said. We have found the ideal length is approximately 800 to 1,000 words.

Here are the reasons why. So when a job opportunity arose with the International Committee of the Red Cross, she took it. Shawn Mendes is a feminist!’ As he’s standing up there singing ‘I know I can treat you better’ and all these young women were standing there singing his words back to him,” Stone said. “But I think my dad supports me and fully recognizes that my commitment to getting the skills to become a really effective advocate and leader, it benefits our family, it benefits our community.”Gray has also become a vocal advocate for a family paid leave plan for Vermonters, a priority shared by the Democratic majority in the Statehouse, but vetoed by Republican Gov. “And I’m running because of your failed record on paid family leave,” Sign up for a weekly roundup of politics news from VTDigger, including the latest on the 2020 elections. NEWBURY — Lieutenant governor candidate Molly Gray sat on a picnic table in front of her family’s idyllic farmhouse on a breezy morning in early July. “Just being far away from my family and being far away from this place,” she said, referencing the farmhouse behind her, which she was born in, “is just extremely hard for me.

“I think she would get along with the governor of either party. Erin Mansfield is VTDigger’s health care reporter. As I worked with her and got to know her, she was just an extremely positive person.” Gray’s initial stay in Washington came at the height of the Iraq War, and Congress was consumed by conversations about weapons of mass destruction and Guantanamo Bay. According to voting records obtained by VTDigger, Gray had participated in the 2008 general election in Burlington and was most recently registered to vote in 2013. She can be reached at Commentary policy VTDigger.org publishes 12 to 18 commentaries a week from a broad range of community sources.