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With a varied background in business, civic and governmental affairs, Krieger is a former member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board and a past president of the Greater Slidell [[Chamber of Commerce]]. She is the chairman of the Slidell Symphony Society and has been active in bringing the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in the St. Tammany Parish schools.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.insidenorthside.com/06NovDec/1106bonneBouche.htm|title=Suzanne Mayfield Krieger|publisher=insidenorthside.com|accessdate=October 31, 2009}}</ref>​

With a varied background in business, civic and governmental affairs, Krieger is a former member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board and a past president of the Greater Slidell [[Chamber of Commerce]]. She is the chairman of the Slidell Symphony Society and has been active in bringing the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in the St. Tammany Parish schools.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.insidenorthside.com/06NovDec/1106bonneBouche.htm|title=Suzanne Mayfield Krieger|publisher=insidenorthside.com|accessdate=October 31, 2009}}</ref>​

Krieger unseated fellow Republican [[Ed Scogin|Edward C. Scogin]], a [[conservative]] 20-year House veteran, in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991. On that same day, Democrat [[Edwin  Edwards]] defeated [[David Duke]] , running as the non-endorsed Republican candidate for the governorship.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Krieger did not seek reelection in 1995 because of her race for lieutenant governor. She was succeeded by Slidell trial [[lattorney]] [[Tom Thornhill]].<ref name=returns/>

Krieger unseated fellow Republican [[Ed Scogin|Edward C. Scogin]], a [[conservative]] 20-year House veteran, in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991. On that same day, Democrat [[Edwin  Edwards]] defeated [[David Duke]] , running as the non-endorsed Republican candidate for the governorship.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Krieger did not seek reelection in 1995 because of her race for lieutenant governor. She was succeeded by Slidell trial [[attorney]] [[Tom Thornhill]].<ref name=returns/>

In 1999, Thornhill declined to run again for state representative, and Krieger sought to return to the legislature. She did not recover from the loss for lieutenant governor in 1995 and was narrowly defeated by fellow Republican Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe, Jr., of Slidell, 4,349 votes (50.6 percent) to 4,249 (49.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 20, 1999.</ref> Crowe, like Krieger, is a former member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board. He served District 76 for two terms before his election in 2007 as a state senator.

In 1999, Thornhill declined to run again for state representative, and Krieger sought to return to the legislature. She did not recover from the loss for lieutenant governor in 1995 and was narrowly defeated by fellow Republican Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe, Jr., of Slidell, 4,349 votes (50.6 percent) to 4,249 (49.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 20, 1999.</ref> Crowe, like Krieger, is a former member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board. He served District 76 for two terms before his election in 2007 as a state senator.