She went on to defeat Republican Jerry Knight, an aide to Rep. Phil English,[7] in the general election by 1,100 votes.
[8] In 1996 and 2000, she ran unopposed for re-election and in 1998, she won after her GOP opponent quit the race and tried to withdraw from the ballot.
[11] After the repairs were made to the office, Bebko-Jones moved out prior to lease expiration, claiming that the air inside the building was unhealthy.
[5] In November 2007, a statewide grand jury was convened to investigate abnormalities in Bebko-Jone's nominating petitions for the 2006 Democratic primary.
On February 28, 2007, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett charged Bebko-Jones and her former chief-of-staff with forging nominating petitions and submitting the fraudulent forms to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
[17][18][19] On August 6, 2008, Bebko-Jones and her former chief of staff Mary B. Fiolek each pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges of forging and submitting false signatures and criminal conspiracy.