George Gregory Cromer (born June 26, 1958), is an American politician, currently serving as the mayor of Slidell,

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. A

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, he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018.

Education

In 1981, Cromer graduated with a

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degree in industrial management technology from

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in Hammond.

Career

After graduating from college, Cromer was employed in New Orleans by

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at the

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of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Formerly, he was the District G city council member in

Slidell, Louisiana Slidell is a city on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 28,781 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New Orleans− Metairie− Kenner metropolitan statistical area. Hi ...

. Cromer was elected to the House when the term-limited Matthew Peter Schneider ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate. Cromer was a member of the House committees on Civil Law and Procedure, Governmental Affairs, and Retirement. Pearson was also chairman of the Retirement Committee. During his tenure, Cromer addressed the issue of flooding in the Slidell area and the required steps to remedy high water. Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of

Interstate 12 Interstate 12 (I-12) is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Louisiana. It spans a total of in an east–west direction from I-10 in Baton Rouge to an interchange with both I-10 and I-59 in Slidell. Along the ...

from four to six lanes in the Slidell area, a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project,

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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

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to St. Tammany Parish. 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. On April 22, 2012, Cromer resigned his membership in the

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(ALEC), of which he had been the Louisiana state chairman.

References

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