California's 12th senatorial district
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California's 12th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Shannon Grove of Bakersfield.
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District profile
Since 2022
New district boundaries drawn by the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission went into effect for the 2022 elections. The 12th State Senate district now encompasses the southeastern Central Valley and the northwestern corner of the Mojave Desert; and it includes portions of Fresno County, Kern, and Tulare Counties, including the following cities:[1]Template:Rp
- California City
- Clovis
- Exeter
- Maricopa
- Ridgecrest
- Taft
- Tehachapi
- Bakersfield (part)
- Fresno (part)
- Shafter (part)
- Tulare (part)
- Visalia (part)
The district also includes the Tule River Indian Reservation, Cold Springs Rancheria, Big Sandy Rancheria, and Table Mountain Rancheria.
Tourism, agriculture, and ranching are important in the district.[1]Template:Rp The neighboring districts 14 and 16 were specifically drawn to allow Latino voters to elect state senators of their choice in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act,[1]Template:Rp which affected the western border of District 12.[1]Template:Rp
The district's racial/ethnic demographics (based on the 2020 census) are as follows:[2]
| Population | Latino | White | Black | American Indian | Asian | Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Other | Multiracial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 939,354 | 317,166 | 457,719 | 33,143 | 7,634 | 74,614 | 1,519 | 5,435 | 43,124 |
2012-2022
The district included the Salinas Valley and a swath of the Central Valley between Modesto and Fresno. The rural district was primarily agricultural and heavily Latino.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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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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The district's demographics (based on the 2010 census) were as follows:[3]
| Population | Voting age | Citizen voting age | White | Black | Latino | Asian | Native American | Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Other | Multiracial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 933,222 | 641,932 | 438,286 | 25.68% | 3.00% | 64.48% | 5.12% | 0.80% | 0.27% | 0.25% | 0.39% |
As of February 18, 2020, the district had 377,188 registered voters, of whom 45.00% were registered as Democrats, 26.35% were registered as Republicans, and 23.22% were registered with no party preference.[4]
Election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Governor[5] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dahle 67.2 – 32.8% |
| Senator[6] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Meuser 65.4 – 34.6% | |
| Senator[7] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Meuser 65.4 – 34.6% | |
| 2021 | Recall[8] | Template:Na No 53.2 – 46.8% |
| Governor[9] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Elder 56.5 – 6.1% | |
| 2020 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Biden 58.0 – 39.8% |
| 2018 | Governor[10] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Newsom 55.3 – 44.7% |
| Senator[11] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | De Leon 54.3 – 45.7% | |
| 2016 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 57.3 – 37.1% |
| Senator | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harris 50.5 – 49.5% | |
| 2014 | Governor | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 54.9 – 45.1% |
| 2012 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 57.6 – 40.3% |
| Senator | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 59.0 – 41.0% | |
| 2010 | Governor[12] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brown 51.4 – 42.3% |
| Senator[13] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boxer 47.6 – 45.4% | |
| 2008 | President[14] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Obama 57.9 – 40.3% |
| 2006 | Governor[15] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Schwarzenegger 58.0 – 37.3% |
| Senator[16] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 56.8 – 38.2% | |
| 2004 | President[17] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 51.2 – 47.7% |
| Senator[18] | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Boxer 54.0 – 41.9% | |
| 2003 | Recall[19] | Template:Ya Yes 56.5 – 43.5% |
| Governor[20] | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Schwarzenegger 46.7 – 29.8% | |
| 2002 | Governor | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Davis 49.2 - 42.3% |
| 2000 | President | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bush 54.6 - 41.6% |
| Senator | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 47.4 - 45.2% | |
| 1998 | Governor | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lungren 49.2 - 48.4% |
| Senator | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fong 51.3 - 44.7% | |
| 1996 | President | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dole 47.5 - 43.1% |
| 1994 | Governor | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wilson 63.7 - 32.2% |
| Senator | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Huffington 53.9 - 37.6% | |
| 1992 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clinton 39.1 - 38.5% |
| Senator | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Herschensohn 49.5 - 40.8% | |
| Senator | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Feinstein 47.3 - 44.5% |
List of senators
Due to redistricting, the 12th district has been moved around different parts of the state. Its current boundaries resulted from the redistricting after the 2020 census by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission and went into effect in 2022.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John T. Dougherty | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | Served together.[21] |
| Martin Kelly | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | |||
| Augustus Lemuel Chandler | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | January 3, 1887 - November 5, 1888 | Sutter, Yuba | Died in office from pneumonia.[22] |
| F. H. Greely | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| Daniel Augustus Ostrom | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895 | ||
| Sutter, Yolo, Yuba | ||||
| John Henry Shine | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolume | |
| John Curtin | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |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 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1927 | ||
| James Charles Garrison | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | |||
| Herbert W. Slater | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | January 5, 1931 - August 13, 1947 | Sonoma | Died in office from a heart attack.[23] |
| Clarence J. Tauzer | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | November 19, 1947 - September 4, 1948 | Sworn in after winning special election.[24] Died in office from a heart attack.[25] | |
| Farley Presley Abshire | January 3, 1949 - January 5, 1959 | |||
| Joseph A. Rattigan | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 | ||
| Richard J. Dolwig | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971 | San Mateo | |
| Arlen F. Gregorio | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | January 4, 1971 - November 30, 1974 | ||
| Jerry Smith | December 2, 1974 - December 14, 1979 | Santa Clara | Resigned from the Senate.[26] | |
| Dan O'Keefe | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | June 12, 1980 - November 30, 1982 | Sworn in after winning special election.[27] | |
| Dan McCorquodale | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1994 | Santa Clara, Stanislaus | |
| Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne | ||||
| Dick Monteith | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |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, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, Stanislaus | ||||
| Anna Caballero | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic | December 3, 2018 – December 5, 2022 | ||
| Shannon Grove | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican | December 5, 2022 – | Fresno, Kern, Tulare[28] |
Election results (1994–present)
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2022
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|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Shannon Grove | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 68.7 |-
|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Susanne Gundy |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 31.3 |-
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2018
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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Rob Poythress |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 26.3 |-
|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Johnny Tacherra |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 22.2 |-
|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Daniel Parra |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 8.1 |-
|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Dennis J. Brazil (write-in) |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 0.2 |-
|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Anna Caballero | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 54.4 |-
|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Rob Poythress |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 45.6 |-
|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |-
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2014
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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Shawn K. Bagley |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 36.2 |-
|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100.0 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Anthony Cannella (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 60.5 |-
|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Shawn K. Bagley |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 39.5 |-
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2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Anthony Cannella | Script error: No such module "string". | 51.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Anna Caballero | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.5 | |
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2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jeff Denham (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 59.8 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Wiley Nickel | Script error: No such module "string". | 40.2 | |
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2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jeff Denham | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Rusty Areias | Script error: No such module "string". | 47.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Eaton | Script error: No such module "string". | 4.5 | |
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1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dick Monteith (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 53.0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Sal Cannella | Script error: No such module "string". | 43.9 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mary Lee Gowlan | Script error: No such module "string". | 3.1 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00 | ||
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1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dick Monteith | Script error: No such module "string". | 49.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dan McCorquodale (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 47.3 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Linda Marie DeGroat | Script error: No such module "string". | 3.2 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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Maps
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California SD-12 (2011)
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California's 12th state senate district after the 2020 redistricting cycle (went into effect for the 2022 election)
See also
References
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