2000Final results
2000 election for Pennsylvania House District 159
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Kirkland (D) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating Lavada E. Y. Driggins (R) by 27.9 points.
Thaddeus KirklandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.0%9,549
Lavada E. Y. DrigginsRepublican
36.0%5,378
14,927 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