2016Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2016 election for Washington Legislative District 31-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Phil Fortunato (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Lane Walthers (Ind) by 15.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Phil FortunatoRepublican · winner
57.7%36,000
Lane WalthersIndependent
42.3%26,364
62,364 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 2016
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET