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2000Final results

2000 election for Massachusetts House District 88

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Pat Jehlen (D) won with 85.5% of the vote, defeating Ronald Bargoot (Lib) by 71.1 points.

Pat JehlenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
85.5%11,395
Ronald BargootLibertarian
14.5%1,927
13,322 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

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