Candace Ayars has been a Topeka resident for 18 years. Along with her husband, John Coleman, who founded his business in Topeka, she has formed strong community ties that inspire her commitment to the future of Kansas.

A graduate of the University of Texas School of Public Health, Candace is a health professions educator, a researcher, and a public health practitioner. She recently retired from A. T. Still University, the oldest osteopathic medical school in the nation, where she taught and mentored doctoral health professions students across the country to be practicing educators in their clinical practices.

Candace served as Tobacco Use Prevention Director and Healthy Communities Director for Kansas where she was instrumental in obtaining and managing millions of prevention dollars for public health promotion. She dedicated many of her efforts to ensuring that rural communities had access to resources for their residents to be healthy. Candace led the educational efforts of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to support statewide partners in the creation of the Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act of 2010.

Candace has been past president for Kansas Federation of Democratic Women, and past president of Capital Area Democratic Women. She recently resumed the role of president for Kansas Federation of Democratic Women and serves as the auditor for Capital Area Democratic Women. She is also a current precinct committee person.

A grandmother of two, Candace is concerned about the direction of Kansas under the influence of the current legislature. Her campaign for Kansas Senate is dedicated to restoring responsive representation to District 20 that reflects the preferences and values of the district and not the mandates of the current extreme legislative policy agenda. She is part of the ongoing efforts to ensure the legislature focuses on Kansas ideas for Kansas solutions to Kansans’ concerns.

About District 20

Kansas Senate District 20 covers almost 200 square miles in Shawnee and Wabaunsee Counties and is home to approximately 74,000 people. A district that includes both rural and urban areas, District 20 is composed of seven House Districts and includes six school districts.

Shawnee County: Cities:  Auburn, Topeka(part) and Wakarusa Townships:  Auburn, Dover(part), Mission(part), Topeka(part) and Williamsport(part)

Wabaunsee County: All

Shawnee County

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