Liz Oates

Liz Oates is the Democratic candidate for Utah House of Representatives District 27 in the November 3, 2026 general election, in which she faces Republican incumbent Anthony Loubet.[1][2] A health insurance case manager and lifelong Magna resident, she said in a Ballotpedia survey that she would focus on affordable housing, health care and public school funding.[2][3]

Liz Oates works in health care.[2] In a Ballotpedia survey, she said she is a lifelong Magna resident and a mother of three who has worked as a nurse's aide, at a juvenile detention center, at the Utah Lions Eye Bank and as a funeral director during the pandemic.[3] She said she is now a health insurance case manager and serves on the board of the Oquirrh Foundation.[3]

Oates said she would focus on housing people can afford, health care that does not lead to debt and adequately funded public schools, and also named the Great Salt Lake as a concern.[3] She listed health care access, mental health care and disability rights among her policy interests.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.