California's 12th State Senate district

California's 12th State Senate district
Current senator		Anthony Cannella (R–Ceres)
Registration	44.43% Democratic 31.37% Republican 19.82% No party preference
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% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizen voting age	933,222 641,932 438,286
Registered voters	307,852

California's 12th State Senate district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Anthony Cannella of Ceres.

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.

Fresno County – 14.3% Coalinga Firebaugh Fowler Huron Kerman Kingsburg Mendota San Joaquin Madera County – 81.1% Chowchilla Madera

All of Merced County Atwater Dos Palos Gustine Livingston Los Banos Merced Monterey County – 54.2% Gonzales Greenfield King City Salinas Soledad

All of San Benito County Hollister San Juan Bautista Stanislaus County – 27.6% Ceres Newman Modesto – 11.5% Patterson

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 57.6 – 40.3%
	Senator	Feinstein 59.0 – 41.0%
2014	Governor	Brown 54.9 – 45.1%

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%

Election results

1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014

2014

California State Senate election, 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

California State Senate election, 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

California State Senate election, 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

California State Senate election, 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

California State Senate election, 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

California State Senate election, 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

See also

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

External links

• District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission