1996 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

1996 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
November 5, 1996
 
Nominee Barbara Hafer Mina Baker Knoll
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,041,081 1,952,613
Percentage 47.94% 45.86%
Hafer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Knoll:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Treasurer before election

Catherine Baker Knoll
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Barbara Hafer
Republican

The 1996 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election was held on November 5, 1996 in order to elect the Treasurer of Pennsylvania. Incumbent treasurer Catherine Baker Knoll was term-limited, leaving an open race. Knoll's daughter, Mina Baker Knoll, won the Democratic nomination but was defeated in the general election by Republican State Auditor Barbara Hafer.

The race was noted for the bitterness between the candidates. Hafer questioned Knoll's residency because she had been living in New York City and Knoll attacked Hafer's leadership as auditor general. The enmity would result in Catherine Baker Knoll challenging Hafer for treasurer in 2000.

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