Greg Cromer | |
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Mayor of Slidell, Louisiana | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Member of the LouisianaHouseofRepresentatives from the 90th district | |
In office January 2008 –June 29,2018 | |
Preceded by | Matthew Peter Schneider III |
Succeeded by | Mary DuBuisson |
Personal details | |
Born | George Gregory Cromer June 26,1958 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Peggy Sue Cromer |
Children | 2 |
Education | Southeastern Louisiana University (BS) |
George Gregory Cromer (born June 26,1958),is an American politician,currently serving as the mayor of Slidell,Louisiana. A Republican,he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018. [1]
In 1981,Cromer graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management technology from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. [2]
After graduating from college,Cromer was employed in New Orleans by Lockheed Martin at the Michoud Assembly Facility of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [3] Formerly,he was the District G city council member in Slidell,Louisiana. [4] Cromer was elected to the House when the term-limited Matthew Peter Schneider ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate. [1]
Cromer was a member of the House committees on Civil Law and Procedure,Governmental Affairs,and Retirement. [3] Pearson was also chairman of the Retirement Committee. [5] [ self-published source ] During his tenure,Cromer addressed the issue of flooding in the Slidell area and the required steps to remedy high water. [6]
Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of Interstate 12 from four to six lanes in the Slidell area,a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project,Governor Bobby Jindal said that the state had spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone from 2008 to 2011 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports during the same time period. The state also spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish. [7]
Cromer was reelected in the primary election held on October 22,2011. He received 5,030 votes (74.9 percent) to 1,683 ballots (25.1 percent) for his intra-party rival,J. "Ron" Eldridge. [8]
On April 22,2012,Cromer resigned his membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),of which he had been the Louisiana state chairman. [9]
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