2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Washington Legislative District 31-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Dan Roach (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Michael Stensen (D) by 3.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Dan RoachRepublican · winner
50.4%22,761
Michael StensenDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%21,060
Don BinghamLibertarian
3.0%1,359
45,180 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)