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| name=Jerome Peter "Zee" Zeringue​

| name=Jerome Peter "Zee" Zeringue​

| image=Jerome Zeringue.jpg

| image=Jerome Zeringue.jpg

| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 52 (Lafourche<br> and Terrebonne parishes)

| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 52 (Lafourche<br> and [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes)

| term_start=January 2016​

| term_start=January 2016​

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| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

| occupation=Executive director, Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District​

| occupation=Executive director, Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District​

| residence=Houma, Terrebonne Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA​

| residence=Houma, [[Terrebonne Parish]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

| spouse=Julie Marie Daigle Zeringue ​

| spouse=Julie Marie Daigle Zeringue ​

| children=Zachary T. Zeringue ​

| children=Zachary T. Zeringue ​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​​}}

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​​}}

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'''Jerome Peter Zeringue''', also known as '''Zee Zeringue''' (born April 1962),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=377943|title=Jerome Zeringue, ZIP 70360; date of birth: April 1962 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]]|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref> is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 52 in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes in south [[Louisiana]]. On January 11, 2016, Zeringue succeeded the term-limited [[Gordon Dove]], who was instead elected as the president of Terrebonne Parish.

'''Jerome Peter Zeringue''', also known as '''Zee Zeringue''' (born April 1962),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=377943|title=Jerome Zeringue, ZIP 70360; date of birth: April 1962 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]]|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref> is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 52 in Lafourche and [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes in south [[Louisiana]]. On January 11, 2016, Zeringue succeeded the term-limited [[Gordon Dove]], who was instead elected as the president of Terrebonne Parish.

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. 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, the former Julie Marie Daigle (also born 1962), reside in Houma; they have a son, Zachary Zeringue (born 1991).<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, the former Julie Marie Daigle (also born 1962), reside in Houma; they have a son, Zachary Zeringue (born 1991).<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>​

===Zeringue joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===

===Zeringue joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===