| Barbara Finch | |
| State House1: | Iowa |
| District1: | 62nd |
| Term Start1: | January 8, 2001 |
| Term End1: | January 12, 2003 |
| Predecessor1: | Dennis Parmenter |
| Successor1: | Frank Chiodo |
| Birth Name: | Barbara Ann Davis |
| Birth Date: | 17 November 1952 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York |
| Death Place: | Interstate 35, Freeborn County, Minnesota |
| Party: | Republican |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Children: | Three |
| Parents: | James and Ruth Davis |
Barbara Ann Finch (November 17, 1952 – December 17, 2008) was an American politician.
Barbara Ann Davis was born in New York City to parents James and Ruth Davis on November 17, 1952.[1] She attended Nassau Community College and Creighton University. Davis married Robert Finch in 1981.[1] The couple farmed and raised three children near Ames, Iowa.[2]
Barbara Finch served on a number of agricultural commissions, including the Story County Farm Bureau, Story County Cattleman's Association, and the Governor's Task Force for Sustainable Agriculture, as well as the Ballard School Board.[2] She was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2000, as a Republican, succeeding Dennis Parmenter as the legislator from District 62. Finch contested the Iowa Senate's 23rd District seat in 2002, losing the general election to Herman Quirmbach.[3] [4]
After leaving the state legislature, Finch worked for Mary Greeley Medical Center.[1] [2] Finch died on December 17, 2008, aged 56. She and her daughter were traveling on Interstate 35 in Freeborn County, Minnesota, near Albert Lea, when their van collided with a pickup that had slid into oncoming traffic. The Finches' vehicle then struck a semi-trailer truck. Barbara Finch was declared dead at the scene. Her daughter survived with injuries.[5] [6]