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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>​

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>​

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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>​

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 Democratic state senator from Monroe, that increased the state [[sales tax]] by one cent over eighteen months, beginning April 1, 2018. 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 Adams 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>