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Stephenson and Lee Duggan contested the District 85 Republican nomination, which Stephenson won by 736 votes, 5,944 (53.3 percent) to 5,208 (46.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012.</ref> Stephenson then won the general election by defeating Democrat former District 27 representative, Dora Olivo, 28,626 votes (58.3 percent) to 20,435 (41.7 percent).<ref name=genelection>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns (House District 85), November 6, 2012.</ref>
Stephenson and Lee Duggan contested the District 85 Republican nomination, which Stephenson won by 736 votes, 5,944 (53.3 percent) to 5,208 (46.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012.</ref> Stephenson then won the general election by defeating Democrat former District 27 representative, Dora Olivo, 28,626 votes (58.3 percent) to 20,435 (41.7 percent).<ref name=genelection>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns (House District 85), November 6, 2012.</ref>
Representative Stephenson is a member of the House committees on (1) Pensions and (2) Government Efficiency and Reform.<ref name=votesmart/>
Representative Stephenson is a member of the House committees on (1) Pensions and (2) Government Efficiency and Reform.<ref name=votesmart/>
===Legislative positions===
===Legislative positions===
In 2013, Stephenson supported the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate from Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], a leftist organizer dubbed "Abortion Barbie" by her conservative critics. In 2014, Davis was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for [[governor]] against Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated him 78 percent favorable on [[pro-life]] issues.<ref name=ratings/>
In 2013, Stephenson supported the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate from Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], a leftist organizer dubbed "Abortion Barbie" by her conservative critics. In 2014, Davis was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for [[governor]] against Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated him 78 percent favorable on [[pro-life]] issues.<ref name=ratings/>