1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Tennessee Senate District 12
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Anna Belle Obrien (D) won with 61.4% of the vote, defeating George W. Potter (R) by 22.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Anna Belle ObrienDemocrat · winner
61.4%19,194
George W. PotterRepublican
38.6%12,069
31,263 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET