Born and raised in Magna, Liz Oates understands firsthand the issues that our community is facing, and she’s running for House District 27 because she’s tired of watching the west side be ignored at the Capitol. 

Growing up, her father owned a small business, and money was often tight. It took her parents years to pay off her tonsillectomy, and food from the bishop’s storehouse sometimes lined their shelves. As so many of our neighbors struggle to keep up with rising costs, she knows what it’s like to live within your means but still sometimes need a little help.

Liz doesn’t have the typical experience of a politician: she’s never held office before, she’s not a lawyer or a developer, and she’s not independently wealthy. But our legislature has plenty of that. What we really need is someone who understands the whole range of people’s lives and who will prioritize service, not politics. 

Liz has spent her career showing up for people in their hardest moments. She's worked as a nurse's aide. She's worked in a juvenile detention center with young women who were struggling in a system that was failing them. She's been a health insurance case manager, ensuring fairness for every person she served. And she spent the pandemic as a funeral director, walking families through their most devastating losses, standing in for the goodbyes that COVID wouldn't let families have in person. She knows what it means to show up for people at the very worst moments of their lives. 

Right now, so many in our community feel ignored by the people who are supposed to be representing and fighting for us. Liz will be the kind of representative that listens and gives our neighbors a real voice at the Capitol, focused on the things that matter: making sure our state is affordable and livable for all of our families.