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{{Infobox State Representative
|name= Gregory Lee "Greg" Fruge, Sr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 41 (Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes)
|term_start=1996
|term_end=2004
|preceded=[[Dale Sittig]]
|succeeded=Mickey Guillory
|birth_date=May 20, 1948
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|spouse=Shella Fontenot Fruge
|children= Gregory Fruge, Jr.
|parents=Leroy and Iola Schambaugh Fruge
|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Independent]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]
|footnotes='''Note''':<br>
*Fruge became the first Republican since [[Reconstruction]] to represent Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in [[Louisiana]] House District 41, when elected in 1995 to succeed [[Dale Sittig]], who became a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
}}
'''Gregory Lee Fruge, Sr.''', known as '''Greg Fruge''' (born May 20, 1948), is a [[business]]man from Eunice, [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 41 (Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes) from 1996 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Acadia, Evangeline and St. Landry parishes)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
However, the office of Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]] confirms that Fruge in 2020 is a registered [[Independent]] voter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=450131|title=Gregory Fruge, May 1948, Zip 70535|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Fruge (pronounced FROO JAY) was one of four sons of Leroy Fruge (1921-1970), a [[World War II]] [[United States Army Air Corps]] veteran,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fruge&GSfn=Leroy&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=5751190&df=all&|title=Leroy Fruge|publisher=findagravec.om|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref> and the former Iola "Kat" Schambaugh (1921-2009), a dietitian at Moosa Memorial Hospital in Eunice. The [[Roman Catholic]] couple is interred in Eunice at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Fruge's brothers are Charles Dwight Fruge of (September 1954) of Bayou Chicot in Evangeline Parish, Rudy Neil Fruge (born October 1957) of [[Lake Charles]], the late John Ferrel Fruge (1942-1995) of Eunice, who is also interred in Mount Calvary Cemetery beside his mother and father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ardoinfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=10950&locid=2|title=Iola "Kat" Schambaugh Fruge|publisher=ardoinfuneralhomes.com|date=November 7, 2009|accessdate=April 19, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Fruge received a Bachelor of Science]degree in Industrial Technology]from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]. He is a past president of the Eunice Jaycees and Lions International. He holds membership in the Masonic lodge and its companion organization, the Shriners. He is a former vice chairman of the Acadiana chapter of the American Welding Society and a devotee of [[France|French]] [[Cajun]] music.<ref>"Officeholders: State House District 41", enlou.com, accessed October 1, 2009, no longer on-line.</ref>
Fruge and his wife, the former Shella Fontenot (born August 1950), have at least one son, Gregory Fruge, Jr. (born September 1972), and one daughter, Brandy Lee Fruge. Gregory Fruge previously resided in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and [[San Diego]], [[California]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Gregory&qmi=&qn=Fruge&qcs=Eunice%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Gregory Fruge in Eunice, Louisiana|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 19, 2015}}</ref>
==Political life==
The District 41 legislative seat opened in 1995 when the Democratic Representative, [[Dale Sittig]], also from Eunice, ran successfully for an unexpired term on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. In the October 21 primary, Fruge led the Democrat Karl Rene DeRouen, II (born December 1962), of Eunice, 6,119 votes (42.1 percent) to 4,389 (30.2 percent). The remaining 28 percent, critical to the [[general election]] outcome, was shared by three other Democratic contenders.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the November 18 general election, Fruge prevailed with 8,341 votes (54.1 percent) to DeRouen’s 7,084 (48.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
In 1999, Representative Fruge was elected sergeant-at-arms of the otherwise all-Democratic Louisiana Rural Caucus, an organization formed in 1979 to promote awareness of [[rural]] issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.legis.state.la.us/pubinfo/Press_Releases/rural_caucus.htm|title=Rural Caucus officers|publisher=house.legis.state.la.us|accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref> To win his second term in 1999, Fruge defeated the Democrat Glen Anthony Bihm (born November 1957) of Eunice, 7,524 (58.2 percent) to 5,400 (41.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
On October 4, 2003, Fruge, with 5,650 votes (41.6 percent), was toppled by the Democrat Mickey Guillory, a former state police officer and the Eunice city marshal, who received 7,938 ballots (58.2 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> Fruge was believed to have been damaged in his reelection bid when the chancellor of Louisiana State University at Eunice attended Guillory's announcement of candidacy. Guillory is an LSU-E alumnus.<ref>''Louisiana Politics'' column by John Maginnis, accessed October 1, 2009, link unavailable.</ref>
In 2015, Fruge unsuccessfully sought to return to House District 41; he received 3,036 votes (26.9 percent). Victory went to another Republican, [[Phillip DeVillier]], who received 6,308 votes (55.8 percent). The seat was vacated by Mickey Guillory, who was term-limited from seeking a fourth term in the legislature.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Independents]]
[[Category: Catholics]]
[[Categoriy:Catholic Politicians]]
|name= Gregory Lee "Greg" Fruge, Sr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 41 (Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes)
|term_start=1996
|term_end=2004
|preceded=[[Dale Sittig]]
|succeeded=Mickey Guillory
|birth_date=May 20, 1948
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|spouse=Shella Fontenot Fruge
|children= Gregory Fruge, Jr.
|parents=Leroy and Iola Schambaugh Fruge
|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Independent]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]
|footnotes='''Note''':<br>
*Fruge became the first Republican since [[Reconstruction]] to represent Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in [[Louisiana]] House District 41, when elected in 1995 to succeed [[Dale Sittig]], who became a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
}}
'''Gregory Lee Fruge, Sr.''', known as '''Greg Fruge''' (born May 20, 1948), is a [[business]]man from Eunice, [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 41 (Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes) from 1996 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Acadia, Evangeline and St. Landry parishes)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
However, the office of Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]] confirms that Fruge in 2020 is a registered [[Independent]] voter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=450131|title=Gregory Fruge, May 1948, Zip 70535|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Fruge (pronounced FROO JAY) was one of four sons of Leroy Fruge (1921-1970), a [[World War II]] [[United States Army Air Corps]] veteran,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fruge&GSfn=Leroy&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=5751190&df=all&|title=Leroy Fruge|publisher=findagravec.om|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref> and the former Iola "Kat" Schambaugh (1921-2009), a dietitian at Moosa Memorial Hospital in Eunice. The [[Roman Catholic]] couple is interred in Eunice at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Fruge's brothers are Charles Dwight Fruge of (September 1954) of Bayou Chicot in Evangeline Parish, Rudy Neil Fruge (born October 1957) of [[Lake Charles]], the late John Ferrel Fruge (1942-1995) of Eunice, who is also interred in Mount Calvary Cemetery beside his mother and father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ardoinfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=10950&locid=2|title=Iola "Kat" Schambaugh Fruge|publisher=ardoinfuneralhomes.com|date=November 7, 2009|accessdate=April 19, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Fruge received a Bachelor of Science]degree in Industrial Technology]from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]. He is a past president of the Eunice Jaycees and Lions International. He holds membership in the Masonic lodge and its companion organization, the Shriners. He is a former vice chairman of the Acadiana chapter of the American Welding Society and a devotee of [[France|French]] [[Cajun]] music.<ref>"Officeholders: State House District 41", enlou.com, accessed October 1, 2009, no longer on-line.</ref>
Fruge and his wife, the former Shella Fontenot (born August 1950), have at least one son, Gregory Fruge, Jr. (born September 1972), and one daughter, Brandy Lee Fruge. Gregory Fruge previously resided in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and [[San Diego]], [[California]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Gregory&qmi=&qn=Fruge&qcs=Eunice%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Gregory Fruge in Eunice, Louisiana|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 19, 2015}}</ref>
==Political life==
The District 41 legislative seat opened in 1995 when the Democratic Representative, [[Dale Sittig]], also from Eunice, ran successfully for an unexpired term on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. In the October 21 primary, Fruge led the Democrat Karl Rene DeRouen, II (born December 1962), of Eunice, 6,119 votes (42.1 percent) to 4,389 (30.2 percent). The remaining 28 percent, critical to the [[general election]] outcome, was shared by three other Democratic contenders.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the November 18 general election, Fruge prevailed with 8,341 votes (54.1 percent) to DeRouen’s 7,084 (48.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
In 1999, Representative Fruge was elected sergeant-at-arms of the otherwise all-Democratic Louisiana Rural Caucus, an organization formed in 1979 to promote awareness of [[rural]] issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.legis.state.la.us/pubinfo/Press_Releases/rural_caucus.htm|title=Rural Caucus officers|publisher=house.legis.state.la.us|accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref> To win his second term in 1999, Fruge defeated the Democrat Glen Anthony Bihm (born November 1957) of Eunice, 7,524 (58.2 percent) to 5,400 (41.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
On October 4, 2003, Fruge, with 5,650 votes (41.6 percent), was toppled by the Democrat Mickey Guillory, a former state police officer and the Eunice city marshal, who received 7,938 ballots (58.2 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> Fruge was believed to have been damaged in his reelection bid when the chancellor of Louisiana State University at Eunice attended Guillory's announcement of candidacy. Guillory is an LSU-E alumnus.<ref>''Louisiana Politics'' column by John Maginnis, accessed October 1, 2009, link unavailable.</ref>
In 2015, Fruge unsuccessfully sought to return to House District 41; he received 3,036 votes (26.9 percent). Victory went to another Republican, [[Phillip DeVillier]], who received 6,308 votes (55.8 percent). The seat was vacated by Mickey Guillory, who was term-limited from seeking a fourth term in the legislature.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fruge, Greg}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Independents]]
[[Category: Catholics]]
[[Categoriy:Catholic Politicians]]