Texas Senate, District 12

Texas's 12th State Senate district
Senator	Tan Parker R – Flower Mound
Demographics	59.8%  White 10.3%  Black 21.1%  Hispanic 8.5%  Asian
Population	983,996

District 12 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Wise County, and portions of Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. ^[1]

The current senator from District 12 is Tan Parker.

Biggest cities in the district

District 12 has a population of 818,893 with 588,816 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. ^[2]

	Name	County	Pop. [3] [a]
1	Fort Worth	Tarrant	137,584
2	Lewisville	Denton	94,449
3	Carrollton	Denton	69,743
4	Flower Mound	Denton/Tarrant	64,669
5	Frisco	Denton	44,500

District officeholders

Name		Party	Years	Legislature	Counties served
1	John McNeel		February 16, 1846 – December 13, 1847	1st	Brazoria, Matagorda
2	Stephen W. Perkins		December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849	2nd
3	Isaac W. Brashear		November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851	3rd	Harris
4	James A. Truitt		November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853	4th	Panola, Shelby
5	William G. W. Jowers		November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855	5th	Anderson, Houston
6	William M. Taylor		November 5, 1855 – November 7, 1859	6th 7th
7	Alexis T. Rainey		November 7, 1859 – February 13, 1860	8th
8	Steward Alexander Miller		January 21, 1861 – November 4, 1861
9	Benjamin T. Selman		November 4, 1861 – February 7, 1870	9th 10th 11th	Smith, Van Zandt, Wood
10	George Ruby	Republican	February 8, 1870 – January 13, 1874	12th 13th	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda
	Benjamin Cromwell Franklin	Democratic	Elected but never sworn	14th
11	Thomas Miller Joseph	Democratic	March 19, 1874 – April 18, 1876
12	Finis E. Piner	Democratic	April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879	15th	Collin, Denton
13	William D. Lair	Democratic	January 14, 1879 – January 9, 1883	16th 17th
14	Alvah Chesley	Democratic	January 9, 1883 – January 13, 1885	18th	Austin, Burleson, Fort Bend, Waller, Washington
15	Hermann Knittel	Democratic	January 13, 1885 – January 8, 1889	19th 20th
16	Ernst Gustav Maetze	Democratic	January 8, 1889 – October 12, 1891	21st 22nd
17	William W. Searcy	Democratic	March 14, 1892 – January 10, 1893	22nd
18	Robert E. Steele	Democratic	January 10, 1893 – January 12, 1897	23rd 24th	Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson
19	John A. Wayland	Democratic	January 12, 1897 – January 13, 1903	25th 26th 27th
20	Alfred J. Harper	Democratic	January 13, 1903 – September 17, 1910	28th 29th 30th 31st
21	James R. Astin	Democratic	January 10, 1911 – January 9, 1917	32nd 33rd 30th 34th
22	Edmond A. Decherd, Jr.	Democratic	January 9, 1917 – April 16, 1918	35th
23	Robert L. Williford	Democratic	January 14, 1919 – January 11, 1921	36th
24	D. Leon Harp	Democratic	March 12, 1921 – January 9, 1923	37th
25	William E. Doyle	Democratic	July 18, 1921 – January 13, 1925	37th 38th
26	Pierce B. Ward	Democratic	January 13, 1925 – January 8, 1929	39th 40th	Ellis, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell
27	Will M. Martin	Democratic	January 8, 1929 – January 12, 1937	41st 42nd 43rd 44th
28	Vernon Lemens	Democratic	January 12, 1937 – January 9, 1945	45th 46th 47th 48th
29	A. B. Crawford	Democratic	January 9, 1945 – January 11, 1949	49th 50th
30	Crawford Martin	Democratic	January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1953	51st 52nd
		Democratic	January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1963	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell
31	J. P. Word	Democratic	January 8, 1963 – January 10, 1967	58th 59th
		Democratic	January 10, 1967 – January 9, 1973	60th 61st 62nd	Bandera, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Ellis, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Somervell
32	Betty Andujar	Republican	January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Tarrant
33	Hugh Q. Parmer	Democratic	January 11, 1983 – January 8, 1991	68th 69th 70th 71st
34	Mike Moncrief	Democratic	January 8, 1991 – January 12, 1993	72nd
		Democratic	January 12, 1993 – January 10, 1995	73rd	Dallas, Tarrant
		Democratic	January 10, 1995 – January 14, 2003	74th 75th 76th 77th	Tarrant
35	Jane Nelson	Republican	January 14, 2003 – January 3, 2023	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Denton, Tarrant
36	Tan Parker	Republican	January 10, 2023 – present	88th 89th	Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, Wise

Election history

2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 12 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tan Parker (Incumbent)	277,734	61.36	−0.08
	Democratic	Stephanie Draper	174,875	38.64	+0.08
Majority			102,859	22.72	−0.16
Turnout			452,609
	Republican hold		Swing

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 12 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tan Parker	213,018	61.44	−0.85
	Democratic	Francine Ly	133,679	38.56	+0.94
Majority			79,399	22.88	−1.70
Turnout			346,697		−35.86
	Republican hold

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 12 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson (Incumbent)	293,399	62.29	−20.69
	Democratic	Shadi Zitoon	177,610	37.71	+37.71
Majority			115,789	24.58	−41.38
Turnout			471,009		+62.03
	Republican hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 12 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson (Incumbent)	241,232	82.98	−0.43
	Libertarian	Rod Wingo	49,465	17.02	+0.43
Majority			191,767	65.96	−0.86
Turnout			290,697		+18.86
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 12 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson (Incumbent)	203,988	83.41	−2.74
	Libertarian	John A. Betz, Jr.	40,570	16.59	+2.74
Majority			163,418	66.82	−5.48
Turnout			244,558		+41.78
	Republican hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 12 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson (Incumbent)	148,592	86.15	+22.17
	Libertarian	Mark F. Frohman	23,894	13.85	+10.19
Majority			124,698	72.30	+40.67
Turnout			172,486		+0.77
	Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 12 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson (Incumbent)	109,513	63.98	−25.84
	Democratic	Dwight B. Fullingham	55,380	32.35	+32.35
	Libertarian	Morgan Ware	6,273	3.66	−6.51
Majority			54,133	31.63	−48.02
Turnout			171,166		+26.03
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 12 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson (Incumbent) [12]	121,991	89.83	+53.49
	Libertarian	Steve Rushton	13,818	10.17	+10.17
Majority			108,173	79.65	+52.33
Turnout			135,809		−20.20
	Republican gain from Democratic

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 12 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George Host	61,846	36.34	+36.34
	Democratic	Mike Moncrief (Incumbent)	108,349	63.66	−36.34
Majority			46,503	27.32	−72.68
Turnout			170,195		+50.97
	Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 12 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Moncrief (Incumbent)	112,733	100.00	0.00
Majority			112,733	100.00	0.00
Turnout			112,733		+19.03
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1996: Senate District 12 ^[15]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Mike Moncrief (Incumbent)	16,932	83.40
	Nancy Ward	3,369	16.60
Majority		13,563	66.81
Turnout		20,301

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 12 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Moncrief (Incumbent)	94,707	100.00	0.00
Majority			94,707	100.00	0.00
Turnout			94,707		−6.99
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 12 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Moncrief (Incumbent)	101,823	100.00
Majority			101,823	100.00
Turnout			101,823
	Democratic hold

Notes

1. Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city.

References

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12. Nelson was the District 9 incumbent prior to the 2002 Senate redistricting.
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