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'''Joseph Anthony Stagni,''' known as '''Joe Stagni''' (born December 1963),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2514812|title=Joseph Stagni, December 1963|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}</ref> is a chiropractic [[physician]] who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Kenner in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. The district also includes part of Metairie and St. Rose.

'''Joseph Anthony Stagni,''' known as '''Joe Stagni''' (born December 11, 1963),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2514812|title=Joseph Stagni, December 1963|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}</ref> is a chiropractic [[physician]] who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Kenner in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. The district also includes part of Metairie and St. Rose.

Stagni won the District 92 seat in a special election in the spring of 2017. In a turnout of 10 percent, Stagni polled 73 percent of the ballots cast. With 2,333 votes, he defeated fellow Republican Gisela Chevalier and [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Chuck Toney, who finished with 13.4 percent and 13.1 percent, respectively. Toney had stopped campaigning early in the race because of "a personal family situation" that developed after the deadline to withdraw his name from the ballot.<ref name=stagnielected>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/politics/elections/article_07b5371c-11be-11e7-be0f-cf4c2b0036ad.html|title=Ex-Kenner councilman Joe Stagni wins state House District 92 race|author=Ramon Antonio Vargas|publisher=''The New Orleans Advocate''|date=March 25, 2017|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}</ref>

Stagni won the District 92 seat in a special election in the spring of 2017. In a turnout of 10 percent, Stagni polled 73 percent of the ballots cast. With 2,333 votes, he defeated fellow Republican Gisela Chevalier and [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Chuck Toney, who finished with 13.4 percent and 13.1 percent, respectively. Toney had stopped campaigning early in the race because of "a personal family situation" that developed after the deadline to withdraw his name from the ballot.<ref name=stagnielected>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/politics/elections/article_07b5371c-11be-11e7-be0f-cf4c2b0036ad.html|title=Ex-Kenner councilman Joe Stagni wins state House District 92 race|author=Ramon Antonio Vargas|publisher=''The New Orleans Advocate''|date=March 25, 2017|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}</ref>

Stagni succeeded Republican Tom Willmott, who resigned in November 2016 to join the Kenner City Council, the same body on which Stagni was a member from 2006 to 2014 until he was term-limited.<ref name=stagnielected/>

Stagni succeeded Republican Tom Willmott, who resigned in November 2016 to join the Kenner City Council, the same body on which Stagni was a member from 2006 to 2014, when he was term-limited.<ref name=stagnielected/>

As a Kenner council member, Stagni pushed for legislation to make the awarding of contracts more open and to assess street damage after [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Before his council tenure, Stagni was a civic activist who helped to establish term limits for Kenner elected officials and a civil service system to hire on the basis of merit. He also served on the Jefferson Parish Board of Election Supervisors and the Kenner Board of Zoning Adjustments.<ref name=stagnielected/>

As a Kenner council member, Stagni pushed for legislation to make the awarding of contracts more open and to assess street damage after [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Before his council tenure, Stagni was a civic activist who helped to establish term limits for Kenner elected officials and a civil service system to hire on the basis of merit. He also served on the Jefferson Parish Board of Election Supervisors and the Kenner Board of Zoning Adjustments.<ref name=stagnielected/>

In addition to Stagni, two other Republicans, [[Raymond Crews]] in District 8 and [[John Stefanski]] in District 92, also won special elections in 2017 to fill legislative vacancies. Crews succeeded another Republican; Stefanski followed a Democrat, Jack Montoucet, who resigned to join the administration of [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].

In addition to Stagni, two other Republicans, [[Raymond Crews]] in District 8 and [[John Stefanski]] in District 92, also won special elections in 2017 to fill legislative vacancies. Crews succeeded another Republican; Stefanski followed a Democrat, Jack Montoucet, who resigned to join the administration of [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].

In one of his first legislative votes, Stagni joined a group of mostly Democrats to oppose Representative Thomas G. Carmody's bill to permit, via state constitutional amendment, voters to override local officials who order the removal, dismantlement, or defacing of [[Confederate]] military monuments. The Carmody bill passed the House, 65 to 31, but was killed in the state Senate when Senate President [[John Alario]], a leading [[RINO]], sent it to a hostile committee. The Legislative Black Caucus walked out of the House to protest passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/confederate_monument_house_vote.html#incart_river_home|title=To protect Confederate monuments, here's how Louisiana House voted|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 16, 2017|accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref>

In one of his first legislative votes, Stagni joined a group of mostly Democrats to oppose Representative Thomas G. Carmody's bill to permit, via state constitutional amendment, voters to override local officials who order the removal, dismantlement, or defacing of [[Confederate]] military monuments. The Carmody bill passed the House, 65 to 31, but was killed in the state Senate when Senate President [[John Alario]], a leading [[RINO]], sent it to a hostile committee. The Legislative Black Caucus walked out of the House to protest passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/confederate_monument_house_vote.html#incart_river_home|title=To protect Confederate monuments, here's how Louisiana House voted|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 16, 2017|accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref>

===Stagni joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===

===Stagni joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===