Incumbent state representatives in the 31st and 47th Legislative Districts beat their challengers convincingly in Tuesday’s general election.

In the 31st Legislative District, Rep. Dan Roach, Bonney Lake-R, was besting his Democratic opponent Ron Weigelt of Buckley by 55.9 percent (6,199 votes) to 44 percent (4,885) as of Thursday morning in the part of the 31st that extends into Auburn in King County. In the Pierce County area, the spread was greater, 58.35 percent (9.130) for Roach to 42.40 percent (6,498) for Weigelt.

Roach was unavailable for comment.

Weigelt said he was satisfied with the campaign he ran.

“I’ve done everything I could with the amount of money I had,” Weigelt said as he monitored results Tuesday evening at the 31st District Democrats’ party at the Peppertree Inn. “A lot of people helped a little bit, and a few people helped a lot.”

In the race for 31st District Position 2, Rep. Christopher Hurst, Black Diamond-D, was thumping Sumner Republican Sharon Hanek by 61.30 percent (6,693 votes) to 38.61 percent (4,215) in King County. The result was similar in Pierce County, where Hurst was earning 58.6 percent of the vote, (8,998 votes) to Hanek’s 41.30 percent (6,334).

“Obviously, I am very pleased with the support of the citizens of the 31st,” Hurst said Wednesday. “I am looking forward to going back to Olympia to serve my fourth term.”

The 31st district represents part of Auburn, as well as the communities of Bonney Lake, Buckley, Edgewood, Enumclaw, Greenwater, Lake Tapps, South Prairie, Sumner and Wilkeson.

In the 47th Legislative District – which represents Kent, Lake Youngs, Auburn, Covington, Black Diamond, and Ravensdale – Rep. Geoff Simpson, Covington-D, was besting Covington Republican Mark Hargrove 53.63 percent (15,397 votes) to 46.33 percent (13,301). In the Position 2 contest, the Democrat incumbent Pat Sullivan of Covington was earning 59.05 percent of the vote (16,700) to Auburn Republican Timothy Miller’s 40.89 percent (11,563).