This is the 1998 race. The latest: 2026 →

1998Final results

1998 election for Massachusetts House District 88

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Pat Jehlen (D) won with 87.4% of the vote, defeating Ronald Bargoot (Lib) by 74.8 points.

Pat JehlenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
87.4%8,163
Ronald BargootLibertarian
12.6%1,176
9,339 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 1998

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