Tennessee State Senate District 12
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Ken Yager Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Ken Yager (Republican) won by 71.2 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 90,240
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YagerWon Republican 77,28685.6% IndependentCharles Hutson II Independent 12,95414.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 69,042
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YagerWon(incumbent) Republican 69,042100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,219
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YagerWon(incumbent) Republican 55,219100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,050
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YagerWon(incumbent) Republican 51,050100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 63,446
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YagerWon Republican 32,50951.2% DemocraticBecky Ruppe Democratic 27,98344.1% IndependentChristopher G. Fenner Independent 2,9544.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,488
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTommy KilbyWon Democratic 35,62454.4% RepublicanJerry Sharp Republican 29,86445.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,488
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLincoln DavisWon(incumbent) Democratic 38,30864.4% RepublicanRalph Deporter Republican 21,18035.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,363
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLincoln DavisWon Democratic 26,89049.5% RepublicanShirley Duer Republican 25,52347.0% IndependentSteve Goldston Independent 1,9503.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,054
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnna Belle ObrienWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,17351.2% RepublicanW. Vanhilleary Republican 26,88148.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,044
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnna Belle ObrienWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,036100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,905
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnna Belle ObrienWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,905100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,782
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1980 to 1981)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnna Belle ObrienWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,48158.2% RepublicanWilliam E. Scandlyn Republican 18,30141.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,263
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnna Belle ObrienWon Democratic 19,19461.4% RepublicanGeorge W. Potter Republican 12,06938.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,897
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRaymond ShaddenWon(incumbent) Republican 15,891100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,377
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Tennessee Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRaymond ShaddenWon(incumbent) Republican 13,377100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Tennessee State Senate District 12, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tn/senate/12. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tn/sldu:12
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026