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1996Final results

1996 election for Massachusetts House District 88

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Pat Jehlen (D) won with 84.5% of the vote, defeating Ronald Bargoot (Lib) by 69.0 points.

Pat JehlenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
84.5%10,582
Ronald BargootLibertarian
15.5%1,939
12,521 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+24.51976D+59.91980D+41.61990D+53.81992D+48.71994D+26.92010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET