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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 is the executive director of the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District. He is also the chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority. He studied at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans, Nicholls State University in Thibodaux , and received a bachelor's degree in zoology and a master's degree in fisheries science from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He and his wife, Julie, reside in Houma; they have a son, Zachary Zeringue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/165548/jerome-zeringue|title=Jerome Zeringue's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>

Zeringue is the executive director of the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District. Since 2008, he has been the chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority. He studied at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], Nicholls State University in Thibodaux , and received a bachelor's degree in zoology and a master's degree in fisheries science from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He and his wife, Julie, reside in Houma; they have a son, Zachary Zeringue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/165548/jerome-zeringue|title=Jerome Zeringue's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>

Early in 2016, as a freshman representative, Zeringue joined a large House majority, 76 to 28, in supporting legislation by then Representative Katrina Renee 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; material no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Early in 2016, as a freshman representative, Zeringue joined a large House majority, 76 to 28, in supporting legislation by then Representative Katrina Renee 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; material no longer on-line}}</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. The Schexnayder selection was achieved by Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] making contacts with lawmakers.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

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