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2000Final results

2000 election for Pennsylvania House District 196

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Beverly Mackereth (R) won with 64.4% of the vote, defeating Don Hake (D) by 33.0 points.

Beverly MackerethRepublican · winner
64.4%16,672
Don HakeDemocrat
31.4%8,133
Roy C. JonesConstitution
4.2%1,101
25,906 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

EvenR+51.01994R+49.01996R+60.51998R+33.02000R+62.72002R+46.42006

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

The candidates

Beverly Mackereth (R)Don Hake (D)

Also on the ballot: Roy C. Jones (Constitution), 4.2%