California's 12th State Senate district

California's 12th State Senate district
Current senator	Anna Caballero D–Salinas
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	933,222[1] 641,932[1] 438,286[1]
Demographics	25.68% White 3.00% Black 64.48% Latino 5.12% Asian 0.80% Native American 0.27% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.25% other 0.39[1]% remainder of multiracial
Registered voters	377,188[2]
Registration	45.00% Democratic 26.35% Republican 23.22% No party preference

California's 12th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Anna Caballero of Salinas.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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
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
	Democratic	January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887	San Francisco	Served together.[5]
		January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887
	Republican	January 3, 1887 - November 5, 1888	Sutter, Yuba	Died in office. Died from pneumonia.[6]
		January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891
	Democratic	January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895
			Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
	Republican	January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899	Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolume
	Democratic	January 2, 1899 - January 4, 1915
			Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolume
		January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919	Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, Tuolume
	Republican	January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1927
		January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931
	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]
		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
		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[]

2018 California State Senate election

Primary election
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[]

2014 California State Senate election

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[]

2010 California State Senate election

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[]

2006 California State Senate election

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[]

2002 California State Senate election

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[]

1998 California State Senate election

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[]

1994 California State Senate election

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

See also[]

• California State Senate
• California State Senate districts
• Districts in California

References[]

External links[]

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission