California's 12th senatorial district is one of 40

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districts. It is currently represented by Republican

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District profile

Since 2022

New district boundaries drawn by the 2020

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went into effect for the 2022 elections. The 12th State Senate district now encompasses the southeastern Central Valley and the northwestern corner of the

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; and it includes portions of

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, and Tulare Counties, including the following cities: *

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* Maricopa * Ridgecrest * Taft * Tehachapi *

(part) *

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(part) * Shafter (part) * Tulare (part) * Visalia (part) The district also includes the Tule River Indian Reservation, Cold Springs Rancheria, Big Sandy Rancheria, and

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. Tourism, agriculture, and ranching are important in the district. 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

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, which affected the western border of District 12. The district's racial/ethnic demographics (based on the 2020 census) are as follows:

2012-2022

The district included the

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and a swath of the Central Valley between

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and

. The rural district was primarily agricultural and heavily Latino.

– ''14.3%'' *

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* Firebaugh * Fowler *

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* Kingsburg * Mendota * San Joaquin Madera County – ''81.1%'' *

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* Madera All of

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* Atwater * Dos Palos * Gustine * Livingston * Los Banos *

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– ''54.2%'' *

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* Greenfield * King City * Salinas * Soledad All of

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* Hollister * San Juan Bautista

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– ''27.6%'' * Ceres *

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– ''11.5%'' * Patterson The district's demographics (based on the 2010 census) were as follows: 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

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, and 23.22% were registered with

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Election results from statewide races

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

and went into effect in 2022.

Election results (1994–present)

2022

2018

2014

2010

2006

2002

1998

1994

Maps

California SD-12 (2011).svg, California SD-12 (2011) California SD-12 (2022).svg, California's 12th state senate district after the 2020 redistricting cycle (went into effect for the 2022 election)

References

External links

District map
from the

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