1980Final results
1980 election for Tennessee Senate District 12
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Anna Belle Obrien (D) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating William Eugene Scandlyn (R) by 16.4 points.
Anna Belle ObrienDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.2%25,481
William Eugene ScandlynRepublican
41.8%18,301
43,782 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET