# Sarah Finger McDonald > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sarah_Finger_McDonald > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sarah_Finger_McDonald.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Finger_McDonald > Source revision: 1351107698 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician Sarah Finger McDonald Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 16th district Incumbent Assumed office January 13, 2025 Preceded by Dan Rayfield Personal details Born 1973 (52 years old) Party Democratic **Sarah Finger McDonald** is an [American](/source/United_States) [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politician currently serving in the [Oregon House of Representatives](/source/Oregon_House_of_Representatives). She represents the [16th district](/source/Oregon's_16th_House_district), which is entirely contained within [Benton County](/source/Benton_County%2C_Oregon) and is centered around [Corvallis](/source/Corvallis%2C_Oregon). ## Biography Finger McDonald has served as a Corvallis school board member and founded the Corvallis chapter of Moms Demand Action.[1] She narrowly defeated fellow Corvallis school board member Sami Al-Abdrabbuh in the Democratic primary to replace [Dan Rayfield](/source/Dan_Rayfield), who declined to run for re-election in order to run for [Oregon Attorney General](/source/Oregon_Attorney_General). Finger McDonald prevailed by less than 200 votes.[2] McDonald is a survivor of colon cancer. She was first diagnosed in February 2021, with the cancer returning in November 2022 and November 2024.[3] ## Electoral history 2024 Oregon State Representative, 16th district[4] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Sarah Finger McDonald 24,894 82.8 Pacific Green Michael Bellstein 4,781 15.9 Write-in 388 1.3 Total votes 30,063 100% ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sarah Finger McDonald leading in race for Corvallis House seat, but margin remains close"](https://www.klcc.org/politics-government/2024-05-21/sarah-finger-mcdonald-leading-in-race-for-corvallis-house-seat-but-margin-remains-close). *KLCC | NPR for Oregonians*. May 22, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Botkin, Ben (May 29, 2024). ["McDonald ekes out likely win in Democratic primary contest in Corvallis-based House district"](https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/mcdonald-ekes-out-likely-win-in-democratic-primary-contest-in-house-district-16/). *Oregon Capital Chronicle*. Retrieved January 16, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Botkin, Ben (January 15, 2025). ["An Oregon freshman legislator starts her term facing a cancer battle"](https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/15/an-oregon-freshman-legislator-starts-her-term-facing-a-cancer-battle/). *Oregon Capital Chronicle*. Retrieved January 16, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes"](https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf) (PDF). *Oregon Secretary of State*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241212212240/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf) (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024. ## External links - [Campaign website](https://www.sarah-finger-mcdonald.com/) - [Legislative website](https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/mcdonald/Pages/default.aspx) v t e Members of the Oregon House of Representatives 83rd Legislative Assembly (2025–present) Speaker Julie Fahey (D) Speaker pro tempore David Gomberg (D) Majority Leader Ben Bowman (D) Minority Leader Lucetta Elmer (R) ▌Court Boice (R) ▌Virgle Osborne (R) ▌Dwayne Yunker (R) ▌Alek Skarlatos (R) ▌Pam Marsh (D) ▌Kim Wallan (R) ▌John Lively (D) ▌Lisa Fragala (D) ▌Boomer Wright (R) ▌David Gomberg (D) ▌Jami Cate (R) ▌Darin Harbick (R) ▌Nancy Nathanson (D) ▌Julie Fahey (D) ▌Shelly Boshart Davis (R) ▌Sarah Finger McDonald (D) ▌Ed Diehl (R) ▌Rick Lewis (R) ▌Tom Andersen (D) ▌Paul Evans (D) ▌Kevin Mannix (R) ▌Lesly Muñoz (D) ▌Anna Scharf (R) ▌Lucetta Elmer (R) ▌Ben Bowman (D) ▌Sue Rieke Smith (D) ▌Ken Helm (D) ▌Dacia Grayber (D) ▌Susan McLain (D) ▌Nathan Sosa (D) ▌Darcey Edwards (R) ▌Cyrus Javadi (D) ▌Shannon Jones Isadore (D) ▌Mari Watanabe (D) ▌Farrah Chaichi (D) ▌Hai Pham (D) ▌Jules Walters (D) ▌Daniel Nguyen (D) ▌April Dobson (D) ▌Annessa Hartman (D) ▌Mark Gamba (D) ▌Rob Nosse (D) ▌Tawna Sanchez (D) ▌Travis Nelson (D) ▌Thuy Tran (D) ▌Willy Chotzen (D) ▌Andrea Valderrama (D) ▌Lamar Wise (D) ▌Zach Hudson (D) ▌Ricki Ruiz (D) ▌Matt Bunch (R) ▌Jeff Helfrich (R) ▌Emerson Levy (D) ▌Jason Kropf (D) ▌E. 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