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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jerome Peter Zeringue
| name = Jerome Peter Zeringue
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 52 (Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes)
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 52 (Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes)
| birth_place =
| birth_place =
| alma_mater=Nicholls State University
| alma_mater=Nicholls State University
[[Louisiana State University]]
| occupation=State employee
| occupation=State employee
| residence=Houma, Terrebonne Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
| residence=Houma, Terrebonne Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
In the October 24, 2015 primary election, Zeringue, with 5,049 votes (50.03 percent), defeated by six votes another Republican candidate, J J Buquet, who polled 5,043 votes (49.97 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
In the October 24, 2015 primary election, Zeringue, with 5,049 votes (50.03 percent), defeated by six votes another Republican candidate, J J Buquet, who polled 5,043 votes (49.97 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
Zeringue resides in Houma, the seat of government for Terrebonne Parish. He has been a state employee. He studied at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux and [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Jerome&qmi=&qn=Zeringue&qcs=Louisiana&focusfirst=1|
Zeringue resides in Houma, the seat of government for Terrebonne Parish. He has been a state employee. He studied at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux and [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Jerome&qmi=&qn=Zeringue&qcs=Louisiana&focusfirst=1|title=Jerome Zeringue|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref>
Early in 2016, Zeringue joined a large House majority, 76 to 28, in supporting legislation by then Representative [[Katrina Jackson]], since a Democrat ic state senator from Monroe, that increased beginning on April 1, 2016, the state [[sales tax]] by one cent over eighteen months. The time frame was subsequently increased to twenty-seven months to extend through June 30, 2018. Joining Zeringue in support of the bill were area legislators, [[Tanner Magee]], another Houma Republican, and Democrat Jerry "Truck" Gisclair of Larose in Lafourche Parish. Republican [[Beryl Amedee]] , a [[conservative]] from Gray in Terrebonne Parish and [[Independent]] then legislator Dee Richard of Thibodaux opposed the tax hike.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20160227/ARTICLES/160229734/1319|title=Local lawmakers mixed on tax hikes|author=Jeremy Harper|publisher=''Houma Today''|date=February 27, 2016|accessdate=March 26, 2016}}</ref>
Early in 2016, as a freshman representative, Zeringue joined a large House majority, 76 to 28, in supporting legislation by then Representative [[Katrina Jackson]], since a Democrat ic state senator from Monroe, that increased beginning on April 1, 2016, the state [[sales tax]] by one cent over eighteen months. The time frame was subsequently increased to twenty-seven months to extend through June 30, 2018. Joining Zeringue in support of the bill were area legislators, [[Tanner Magee]], another Houma Republican, and Democrat Jerry "Truck" Gisclair of Larose in Lafourche Parish. Republican [[Beryl Amedee]] , a [[conservative]] from Gray in Terrebonne Parish and [[Independent]] then legislator Dee Richard of Thibodaux opposed the tax hike.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20160227/ARTICLES/160229734/1319|title=Local lawmakers mixed on tax hikes|author=Jeremy Harper|publisher=''Houma Today''|date=February 27, 2016|accessdate=March 26, 2016}}</ref>
On January 13, 2020, Zeringue was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
On January 13, 2020, Zeringue was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>