district state_senate succeeded religion birth_place party term_end preceded state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
8th 16th oregon dan rayfield lutheran elca/quaker las vegas , nevada democratic january 2015 betsy close kelley wirth oregon 20 december 1973 january 2015 december 2 , 2005 peter gelser sara gelser
 oregon sara gelser
sara gelser

sara gelser -lrb- born december 20 , 1973 -rrb- is a democratic american politician from oregon .
since 2015 , she is a member of the oregon state senate from district 8 .
from 2005 to 2015 , she served in the oregon house of representatives for district 16 , representing corvallis and philomath .
prior to her service in the legislature , gelser served on the corvallis school board and worked for the oregon department of human services .
in 2010 , she was nominated by president barack obama to serve on the national council on disability , and was confirmed to the position by the us senate .
in 2011 , she was named a german marshall memorial fellow .
in november 2014 , she was elected to the senate , taking office in january 2015 .
