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title: Austin Woman Magazine interview with WPLN Board Chair Jen Sarver — Women's Public Leadership Network
description: "WPLN Board Chair Jen Sarver Talks Women in Politics    #WPLN  board chair Jen Sarver spoke to  Austin Woman Magazine  about running for office as a  #RepublicanWoman , how women can get more politically involved, and this year’s election.⁣ ⁣ Our favorite quote: “I"
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# [Austin Woman Magazine interview with WPLN Board Chair Jen Sarver — Women's Public Leadership Network](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/2020/3/4/austin-woman-magazine-interview-with-wpln-board-chair-jen-sarver)

 Written by [Sarah Quinlan](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/author/sarah-quinlan) | Mar 4, 2020 5:00:00 AM

# **WPLN Board Chair Jen Sarver Talks Women in Politics**

[#WPLN](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wpln?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBmPdMjIIMWeQRa-qISbUKmhIe3bFFs_2-Nkwj-QfifkNAVF3heM7By1Y90BKvK632QYPEvQ2QzzJxG_kHmUQlP9iaTPLEBZjkiQSDndfU_8PiubvvCrxihLmOCWhbuO6C2S9i7VBa7GTl9B8hj8OUI2MjkNWgw3AcDmlyp31TLAbkAMB9y9GMqtpzciXKBiUpvjRrHFKMVruyhsqz52u6W7-_amtOc5F47Bz55nzZRAo886y5Ypanc3aRUSyas10oVPQZMUXtXyL6_GwvySlBjjlFOF7KOhTjE2dY4vv7Uu7Ehn3GLwe8sWoX_lmc&__tn__=%2ANK-R-R) board chair Jen Sarver spoke to [Austin Woman Magazine](https://www.facebook.com/austinwoman/?__tn__=K-R-R&eid=ARCWzAMliqto-ymmIQiSJIUnbMuvYeleB3yuAEBjKdL3-gFoLYqkZQL9PW3lYd3B9ln4AnF7y5wrB5xK&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBmPdMjIIMWeQRa-qISbUKmhIe3bFFs_2-Nkwj-QfifkNAVF3heM7By1Y90BKvK632QYPEvQ2QzzJxG_kHmUQlP9iaTPLEBZjkiQSDndfU_8PiubvvCrxihLmOCWhbuO6C2S9i7VBa7GTl9B8hj8OUI2MjkNWgw3AcDmlyp31TLAbkAMB9y9GMqtpzciXKBiUpvjRrHFKMVruyhsqz52u6W7-_amtOc5F47Bz55nzZRAo886y5Ypanc3aRUSyas10oVPQZMUXtXyL6_GwvySlBjjlFOF7KOhTjE2dY4vv7Uu7Ehn3GLwe8sWoX_lmc) about running for office as a [#RepublicanWoman](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/republicanwoman?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBmPdMjIIMWeQRa-qISbUKmhIe3bFFs_2-Nkwj-QfifkNAVF3heM7By1Y90BKvK632QYPEvQ2QzzJxG_kHmUQlP9iaTPLEBZjkiQSDndfU_8PiubvvCrxihLmOCWhbuO6C2S9i7VBa7GTl9B8hj8OUI2MjkNWgw3AcDmlyp31TLAbkAMB9y9GMqtpzciXKBiUpvjRrHFKMVruyhsqz52u6W7-_amtOc5F47Bz55nzZRAo886y5Ypanc3aRUSyas10oVPQZMUXtXyL6_GwvySlBjjlFOF7KOhTjE2dY4vv7Uu7Ehn3GLwe8sWoX_lmc&__tn__=%2ANK-R-R), how women can get more politically involved, and this year’s election.⁣  
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Our favorite quote: “I can’t wait for the day when it’s not newsworthy that there’s a young woman running for office.”⁣  
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Jen also discusses being mistaken for the candidate’s spouse, not the candidate, at events and why she always asks women to run whenever she’s in front of a group of them — read the rest of the Q&A [here](https://atxwoman.com/jenifer-sarver-republican-female-candidates/).

Thank you, Jen, for working to elect more women at all levels of government!

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