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Stefanski has opposed [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] push for higher taxes. "It would be very hard for me to get there [to support higher taxes]. I would have to be confident that there was a reduction in government spending. We have a duty to make sure we are reducing government in line with what the private sector is doing.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_abef6442-6b6d-11e8-8789-0fc3a3431fc9.html|title=20 Republicans in Louisiana House will decide fate of 1/2-cent sales tax renewal in next special session|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 8, 2018|author=Tyler Bridges|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref>

Stefanski has opposed [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] push for higher taxes. "It would be very hard for me to get there [to support higher taxes]. I would have to be confident that there was a reduction in government spending. We have a duty to make sure we are reducing government in line with what the private sector is doing.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_abef6442-6b6d-11e8-8789-0fc3a3431fc9.html|title=20 Republicans in Louisiana House will decide fate of 1/2-cent sales tax renewal in next special session|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 8, 2018|author=Tyler Bridges|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref>

Stefanski ran without opposition for a full legislative term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019.

Stefanski ran without opposition for a full legislative term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019.

On January 13, 2020, Stefanski was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on Democratic votes. [[Conservative]] [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] called the dissidents the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]] because the dissidents blocked the conservative majority in the Republican caucus by joining with Democrats and the Black Caucus to choose a Speaker opposed by a majority of Republican lawmakers.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

On January 13, 2020, Stefanski was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]], sixty to forty-five, depended on thirty-five Democratic votes, two [[Independent]] lawmakers, and the Republican defectors. [[Conservative]] [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] called the dissidents the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]] because the dissidents blocked the conservative majority in the Republican caucus by joining with Democrats and the Black Caucus to choose a Speaker opposed by a majority of Republican lawmakers.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

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