{"id":1165,"date":"2026-05-10T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/sacramento-councilwoman-is-pregnant-and-up-for-election-dont-have-to-compromise\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:00:27","slug":"sacramento-councilwoman-is-pregnant-and-up-for-election-dont-have-to-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/sacramento-councilwoman-is-pregnant-and-up-for-election-dont-have-to-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento councilwoman is pregnant and up for election. \u2018Don\u2019t have to compromise\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/sacramento-woman-killed-in-motorcycle-crash-on-interstate-80-at-richards-in-davis-4\/\">Sacramento woman killed in motorcycle crash on Interstate 80 at Richards in Davis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But unexpectedly around Christmas, she craved freshly squeezed citrus. Maple and her husband couldn\u2019t fathom a reason why. The unusual inclination came during their European vacation, so she ascribed it to that.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The trip was meant to offer a respite for Maple ahead of a busy 2026. The year would mark the end of her first term at City Hall, and she would be running for re-election.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple had publicly announced her bid for office when she learned why her body so desperately longed for orange juice: She was pregnant with her first child.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Now the 35-year-old and youngest member on the City Council would have to juggle the complexities of representing Oak Park and Parkway, strategizing a successful campaign and growing a baby. Her child, a boy, is due this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing is not amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cCould be better \u2014 might have waited a couple more months. But it also just happened that way, and I am really grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple joins a small group of women who have balanced running for public office while carrying a child. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu bore her third child last year while running for re-election. She delivered her two older children when serving on the City Council, according to the Boston Globe.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>West Sacramento Councilmember Verna Sulpizio Hull, heavily pregnant, knocked on dozens of voters\u2019 doors in 2022. She joined an all-female West Sacramento City Council and delivered her baby about a week later, according to Comstock Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Angelique Ashby, who delivered her third child while serving on the Sacramento City Council, said she feared some voters would perceive her pregnancy negatively.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure how people would receive it,\u201d said Ashby. \u201cI was actually quite worried. I thought, \u2018What if the constituents say they don\u2019t think I should be doing both things. Or what if my colleagues think I can\u2019t keep up?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Mai Vang, who parents her husband\u2019s two children, said she cried tears of joy when she learned Maple was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s already a mom in so many ways \u2014 the ways in which she shows up for her community and loves on her community,\u201d Vang said. \u201cCouncilwoman Maple is the definition of love and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>The first trimester<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple prides herself on cramming her schedule with meetings, juggling multiple tasks and constantly being on the go. \u201cIt\u2019s really easy for me, actually,\u201d she said. \u201cI do it because I really love what I do, so it doesn\u2019t feel like I\u2019m working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But the first trimester zapped her energy. Often, she\u2019d come home and crawl into bed \u2014 and sometimes, that rest wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would sleep for eight hours straight \u2014 I would wake up, and I would feel like I hadn\u2019t slept at all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple relied heavily on her husband, Sam Rice. They both work full-time, and he shouldered a greater burden of washing dishes, doing laundry and cleaning.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her colleagues at work didn\u2019t know about her pregnancy. That meant suffering in silence and putting on a brave face when she felt exhausted, Maple said. She became hyperaware of everything she ate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty good at compartmentalization,\u201d she said. \u201cYou have to deal with so many different things, and so I tell myself \u2018OK, just make it through this next thing, this next thing, and then you\u2019ll be fine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her energy returned after her first 12 weeks \u2014 but other challenges persisted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I am human, too!\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The April 28 City Council meeting stretched into its eighth hour. And one of the most divisive policy questions still awaited the council\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty called for a 30-second break before weighing a controversial East Sacramento apartment project. \u201cEverybody get up and stretch,\u201d he said just before 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/from-the-drum-set-to-the-kitchen-family-mourns-jimboys-tacos-president\/\">From the drum set to the kitchen, family mourns Jimboy\u2019s Tacos president<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple, pregnant on the dais, clapped her hands. \u201cSquats!\u201d she declared. Maple planted her feet, dropped her thighs to nearly 90 degrees and rose. She repeated her thigh workout two more times before standing upright. Then, she windmilled her arms.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The council did not adjourn until just before 11:15 p.m. Those \u201cmarathon 14-hour days\u201d prove hard on her body, she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pain radiates up her back after sitting for too long. Her organs shift while contemplating policy. She said she actively listens to dozens of public speakers, requiring sharp focus for numerous hours. \u201cPeople come and they take time out of their day. They sit in traffic, they pay for parking, they have time away from their families,\u201d she said. \u201cI owe it to them to pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>And Maple requires frequent bathroom breaks.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the dais can prompt taunts from audience members critical of officials for stepping away. People don\u2019t understand every person\u2019s circumstance, she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I want to scream in the microphone \u2018I am a human, too!\u2019\u201d Maple said. \u201cI have bodily functions and things I need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>But why keep going?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A long re-election campaign loomed for Maple this year. She wondered if she should pause a grueling run for office.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her 2022 campaign had not been easy. Sacramento\u2019s political establishment backed Maple\u2019s challenger, and hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into the race.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She quit her job, leaving behind a stable paycheck. Maple began knocking on doors across the 5th district. She talked with voters, sometimes alone, for eight hours a day, she said on a recent panel.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I was going to be successful if I gave it a hundred thousand \u2026 percent,\u201d she said. \u201cWhich is what I do to almost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It worked. Maple notched her victory in 2022, just beating her challenger, despite being outfundraised.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple, now pregnant and running again, wondered how voters would view her expanding belly. Would constituents think she would miss meetings after she gives birth?<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But Maple and her husband together decided to continue. Maple had work to do.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Oak Park residents have gone without a library for 40 years. The region\u2019s leaders would finally meet in one place to discuss homelessness \u2014 an outcome Maple sought for years. The region needs affordable housing and better public transit, she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have to compromise on anything,\u201d she said. \u201cI can have my career. I can pursue my passion, and I can be a mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Ashby said she also worried about the reactions of constituents when she announced her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot one person made me feel that way once they knew,\u201d Ashby said. \u201cIn fact, it was just the opposite. My colleagues were incredible. My constituents were incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Maple always dreamed of having kids. She waited until she found the right person, built her career and felt prepared.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Maple had a tumultuous life and left home at 16. She was homeless for a time.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Now, decades later, Maple longs to provide a good life for her son.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is creating a life and campaigning at the same time,\u201d Vang said. \u201cThat\u2019s so beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/week-in-photos-spring-bloom-officers-remembered-olympic-gold-frog-jumping\/\">Week in photos: Spring bloom + officers remembered + Olympic gold + frog jumping<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Councilmember Caity Maple, representing Oak Park and Parkway, is pregnant while running for re-election, balancing meetings, campaigning and family life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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