AN AUBURN WOMAN
IS GETTING
NATIONAL
ATTENTION AFTER
MAKING THE COVER
OF TIME MAGAZINE'S
ISSUE "THE
AVENGERS" --
FEATURING FIRST
TIME FEMALE
POLITICAL
CANDIDATES.
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KOENEN: > KSNT
NEWS REPORTER
MOLLY PATT
INTRODUCES US TO
"SARAH COATS" TO
TELL US WHY IT'S SO
SPECIAL TO HER.
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THIS IS SARAH
COATS.
"and im running for the
house of
representatives for the
54th district of kansas."
SOMETHING SHE'S
WORKING HARD FOR
-- WHILE BEING A
SINGLE MOM AND
SOCIAL WORKER IN
AUBURN.
IT'S SAFE TO SAY
SHES A WOMAN ON
A MISSION.
"i really believe that we
are working for
something bigger, and
right now women are
only about 30 percent
represented and we
make 51 percent of the
population." AND
SHES TAKING THAT
ROLE ONE STEP
FURTHER -- BEING
ONE OF 50 WOMEN
SELECTED TO BE ON
THE COVER OF TIME
MAGAZINE.
SHE WAS ASKED TO
SEND A HEADSHOT
TO TIME MAGAZINE --
BUT WASN'T QUITE
SURE SHE WOULD
MAKE THE CUT.
"so I woke up to a text
message that was a
picture of the cover,
and said have you seen
it, and I was very
excited." MESSAGES
SURROUNDING HER
CAMPAIGN INCLUDE
A FOSTER CARE
SYSTEMING
PROTECTING
CHILDREN -- FOOD
SALES TAX -- AND
EDUCATION.
AND SHES MOST
WELL KNOWN FOR
SPEAKING OUT AND
NOT BEING AFRAID
TO TALK ABOUT THE
TOUGH ISSUES.
"i have been a person
willing to stand up for
what is right, and I will
continue to do so."

COATS IS A
DEMOCRAT.
THE SEAT IS
