California's 12th State Senate district
California's 12th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Anna Caballero of Salinas.
| California's 12th State Senate district | |||
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| Current senator |
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| Population (2010) • Voting age • Citizen voting age | 933,222[1] 641,932[1] 438,286[1] | ||
| Demographics |
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| Registered voters | 377,188[2] | ||
| Registration | 45.00% Democratic 26.35% Republican 23.22% No party preference | ||
District profile
The district takes in the Salinas Valley and a swath of the Central Valley between Modesto and Fresno. The rural district is primarily agricultural and heavily Latino.
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Fresno County – 14.3% Madera County – 81.1% |
All of Merced County Monterey County – 54.2% |
All of San Benito County Stanislaus County – 27.6%
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Election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 58.0 – 39.8% |
| 2018 | Governor[3] | Newsom 55.3 – 44.7% |
| Senator[4] | De Leon 54.3 – 45.7% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 57.3 – 37.1% |
| Senator | Harris 50.5 – 49.5% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 54.9 – 45.1% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 57.6 – 40.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 59.0 – 41.0% |
| Election results from statewide races | ||
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| Year | Office | Results |
| 2002 | Governor | Davis 49.2 - 42.3% |
| 2000 | President | Bush 54.6 - 41.6% |
| Senator | Feinstein 47.4 - 45.2% | |
| 1998 | Governor | Lungren 49.2 - 48.4% |
| Senator | Fong 51.3 - 44.7% | |
| 1996 | President | Dole 47.5 - 43.1% |
| 1994 | Governor | Wilson 63.7 - 32.2% |
| Senator | Huffington 53.9 - 37.6% | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 39.1 - 38.5% |
| Senator | Herschensohn 49.5 - 40.8% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 47.3 - 44.5% | |
List of Senators
Due to redistricting, the 12th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
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| John T. Dougherty | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | Served together.[5] |
| Martin Kelly | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | |||
| Augustus Lemuel Chandler | Republican | January 3, 1887 - November 5, 1888 | Sutter, Yuba | Died in office. Died from pneumonia.[6] |
| F. H. Greely | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| Daniel Augustus Ostrom | Democratic | January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895 | ||
| Sutter, Yolo, Yuba | ||||
| John Henry Shine | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolume | |
| John Curtin | Democratic | January 2, 1899 - January 4, 1915 | ||
| Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolume | ||||
| Lafayette Jackson Maddux | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, Tuolume | ||
| Lewis Lincoln Dennett | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1927 | ||
| James Charles Garrison | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | |||
| Herbert W. Slater | Democratic | January 5, 1931 - August 13, 1947 | Sonoma | Died in office. Died from heart attack.[7] |
| Clarence J. Tauzer | Republican | November 19, 1947 - September 4, 1948 | Sworn in after winning special election.[8] Died in office, from heart attack.[9] | |
| Farley Presley Abshire | January 3, 1949 - January 5, 1959 | |||
| Joseph A. Rattigan | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 | ||
| Richard J. Dolwig | Republican | January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971 | San Mateo | |
| Arlen F. Gregorio | Democratic | January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974 | ||
| Jerry Smith | December 2, 1974 - December 14, 1979 | Santa Clara | Resigned from the Senate.[10] | |
| Dan O'Keefe | Republican | June 12, 1980 - November 30, 1982 | Sworn in after winning special election.[11] | |
| Dan McCorquodale | Democratic | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1994 | Santa Clara, Stanislaus | |
| Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merceded, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne | ||||
| Dick Monteith | Republican | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2002 | ||
| Jeff Denham | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2010 | Madera, Merceded, Monterey, San Benito, Stanislaus | ||
| Anthony Cannella | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2018 | |||
| Fresno, Madera, Merceded, Monterey, San Benito, Stanislaus | ||||
| Anna Caballero | Democratic | December 3, 2018 – present | ||
Election results 1994 - present
2018
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Anna Caballero | 46,970 | 43.3 | |
| Republican | Rob Poythress | 28,512 | 26.3 | |
| Republican | Johnny Tacherra | 24,088 | 22.2 | |
| Democratic | Daniel Parra | 8,740 | 8.1 | |
| Democratic | Dennis J. Brazil (write-in) | 208 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 108,518 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Anna Caballero | 110,386 | 54.4 | |
| Republican | Rob Poythress | 92,691 | 45.6 | |
| Total votes | 203,077 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2014
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Anthony Cannella (incumbent) | 47,551 | 63.8 | |
| Democratic | Shawn K. Bagley | 27,017 | 36.2 | |
| Total votes | 74,568 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Anthony Cannella (incumbent) | 74,988 | 60.5 | |
| Democratic | Shawn K. Bagley | 49,039 | 39.5 | |
| Total votes | 124,027 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Anthony Cannella | 92,270 | 51.5 | |
| Democratic | Anna Caballero | 86,923 | 48.5 | |
| Total votes | 179,193 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeff Denham (incumbent) | 92,879 | 59.8 | |
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 62,539 | 40.2 | |
| Total votes | 155,418 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeff Denham | 73,877 | 48.0 | |
| Democratic | Rusty Areias | 73,034 | 47.5 | |
| Libertarian | David Eaton | 6,950 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 153,861 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dick Monteith (incumbent) | 110,690 | 53.0 | |
| Democratic | Sal Cannella | 91,623 | 43.9 | |
| Libertarian | Mary Lee Gowlan | 6,389 | 3.1 | |
| Total votes | 208,702 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dick Monteith | 100,902 | 49.5 | |
| Democratic | Dan McCorquodale (incumbent) | 96,543 | 47.3 | |
| Libertarian | Linda Marie DeGroat | 6,596 | 3.2 | |
| Total votes | 204,041 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
References
- "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- "Report of Registration as of February 18, 2020" (PDF).
- https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-senate.pdf
- https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/us-senate-by-senate.pdf
- "1883 Senate Session". babel.hathitrust.org.
- "Death of A. L. Chandler". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- "Sen. Slater Of Santa Rosa Dies Of Heart Attack". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- "Clarence J. "Red" Tauzer". babel.hathitrust.org.
- "The Tauzer Connection:SRJC's family history". northbaydigital.sonoma.edu.
- "Jerry Smith Resignation letter". babel.hathitrust.org.
- "Dan O'Keefe Sworn in". babel.hathitrust.org.
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