| Greg Cromer | |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1958 |
| Birth Name: | George Gregory Cromer |
| Office: | Mayor of Slidell, Louisiana |
| Term Start: | 2018 |
| State House1: | Louisiana |
| District1: | 90th |
| Term Start1: | January 2008 |
| Term End1: | June 29, 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Matthew Peter Schneider III |
| Successor1: | Mary DuBuisson |
| Party: | Republican Party |
| Children: | 2 |
| Spouse: | Peggy Sue Cromer |
| 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.
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] 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]