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Stine won the [[special election]] held on November 13, 2021, for the Senate seat vacated by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Ronnie Johns]], a staunch ally of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], who appointed Johns as the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and hence created the Senate vacancy.<ref>Johns resigns Senate seat to head gaming board," ''Lake Charles American Press,'' July 24, 2021.</ref>
Stine won the [[special election]] held on November 13, 2021, for the Senate seat vacated by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Ronnie Johns]], a staunch ally of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], who appointed Johns as the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and hence created the Senate vacancy.<ref>Johns resigns Senate seat to head gaming board," ''Lake Charles American Press,'' July 24, 2021.</ref>
Stine received 9,313 votes (59 percent); Democrat Dustin Granger, a businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dustingrangerforlouisiana.com/|title=Dustin Granger|publisher=dustingrangerforlouisiana.com|accesdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref> polled 6,069 votes (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Special election returns, November 13, 2021.</ref>
Stine received 9,313 votes (59 percent); Democrat Dustin Granger, a businessman,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dustingrangerforlouisiana.com/|title=Dustin Granger|publisher=dustingrangerforlouisiana.com|accesdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref> polled 6,069 votes (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Special election returns, November 13, 2021.</ref>
Stine is a scion of the large Stine Lumber Company which operates ten outlets in Louisiana, including Sulphur and DeRidder, and one in Natchez, [[Mississippi]] His uncles, [[Dennis Stine]] and [[Tim Stine]], both served as a state representative from Calcasieu Parish ion the late 1980s and 1990s. He is the son of David Paul and Kim Stine.
Stine is a scion of the large Stine Lumber Company which operates ten outlets in Louisiana, including Sulphur and DeRidder, and one in Natchez, [[Mississippi]] His uncles, [[Dennis Stine]] and [[Tim Stine]], both served as a state representative from Calcasieu Parish ion the late 1980s and 1990s. He is the son of David Paul and Kim Stine.