2000Final results
2000 election for Tennessee Senate District 12
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Lincoln Davis (D) won with 64.4% of the vote, defeating Ralph Deporter (R) by 28.8 points.
Lincoln DavisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.4%38,308
Ralph DeporterRepublican
35.6%21,180
59,488 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET