Hi Chuck and Mike,
I leave the notes that don't change down and just change the finger(s) that are required for the new chord. No hesitation with this method.

This is fine except where you may want to Note Edit the left hand. Here taking the fingers off before each change gives a much clearer display in the edit screen of where the chord changes are, if you want to go in and just correct one mistake in a song.

Agree that chord changes every quarter measure do not usually work unless the backing pattern is very simple, and sometimes chords need to be simplified with a complex backing.

Maybe hesitation has more to do with the timing of the chord change? Are you hitting the chord change just a fraction after the first beat has already started maybe?