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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=George Gregory "Greg" Cromer
| image=
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Mayor]] of Slidell, [[Louisiana]]
|term_start=July 1, 2018 (pending)
|preceded=Freddie Drennan
|succeeded=
|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br> for District 90 (St. Tammany Parish)
| term_start2=January 2008
| term_end2=June 29, 2018 (resignation pending)
| preceded2=Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III
| succeeded2=Special election pending
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=June 26, 1958
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Slidell, Louisiana
| alma_mater=Southeastern Louisiana University
| occupation=Former [[Lockheed Martin]] employee
| spouse=Peggy Sue Mizell Cromer (born January 16, 1958)
| children=Two children
}}
'''George Gregory Cromer''', known as '''Greg Cromer''' (born June 26, 1958),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/george-cromer/e150621311316|title=George Cromer|publisher=M ylife.com|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish in southeastern [[Louisiana]], a [[suburb]] of [[New Orleans]]. After trailing in the first nonpartisan blanket primary on March 24, 2018, Cromer won his runoff contest on April 28 against fellow Republican Kevin C. Davis (born May 13, 1955), a former president of St. Tammany Parish government. Cromer received 2,239 votes (51 percent) in the second race to Davis' 2,159 (49 percent).<ref>cite web|url=http://www.wdsu.com/article/results-show-greg-cromer-elected-next-mayor-of-slidell/20094796|title=Election 2018|publisher=WDSU.com|date=April 28, 2018|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
From January 2008 to June 29, 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_abef6442-6b6d-11e8-8789-0fc3a3431fc9.html|title=20 Republicans in Louisiana House will decide fate of 1/2-cent sales tax renewal in next special session|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 8, 2018|author=Tyler Bridges|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> Cromer has been a state representative for District 90 in St. Tammany Parish.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Prior to his legislative service, he was the District G city council member in Slidell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-22261.html|title=Slidell bids MSSG-11 farewell, thanks Marines for their help, September 16, 2005|publisher=leatherneck.com|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
Cromer graduated in 1981 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in industrial management technology from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.org/bio/id/61989|title=Rep. Greg Cromer (R)|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> He was formerly employed in New Orleans by [[Lockheed Martin]] at the Michoud Assembly Facility of the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]].<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93771|title=Project Vote Smart|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
Cromer was elected to the House in 2007 when the term-limited Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III, ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate.<ref name=legis/>
Slidell is also represented in the House by a second Republican, Joseph Kevin Pearson of District 76, who joined Cromer in a dual town hall meeting in April 2011.<ref name=cromer>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregcromer.net/2011/04/08/cromer-and-pearson-to-host-town-hall-meeting-in-slidell/|title=For Immediate Release: Greg Cromer, April 8, 2011|publisher=gregcromer.net|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Cromer served on the House committees on Civil Law and Procedure, Governmental Affairs, and Retirement.<ref name=votesmart/> Pearsonwas chairman of the Retirement Committee.<ref name=cromer/> Cromer and Pearson have developed a close working relationship and often appear together at civic meetings before constituents. The two issued a joint press released on the [[Deepwater Horizon]] oil spill in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]: "The economic impact is already being felt in our community, and we will take all appropriate steps to address the situation from every possible level."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregcromer.net/2010/05/04/slidell-legislators-monitoring-oil-spill/|title=For immediate release: Greg Cromer, May 4, 2010|publisher=gregcromer.net|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Cromer has also addressed the issue of flooding in the Slidell area and the required steps to remedy high water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/state_rep_greg_cromer_to_discu.html|title=State Rep. Greg Cromer to discuss flood protection in Slidell|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', June 28, 2011|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of Interstate 12 from four to six lanes in the Slidell area, a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project, the [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], a Republican, said that the state has spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone since 2008 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports. The state from 2008 to 2011 spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish.<ref>Christine Harvey, "Widening I-12", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 2, 2011</ref>
In 2012, Representative Cromer resigned his membership in the [[conservative]] American Legislative Exchange Council], of which he had been the Louisiana state chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.republicreport.org/2012/louisiana-republican-state-chairman|title=Louisiana's Republican State Chairman of ALEC Resigns from the Organization – Republic Report|date=April 22, 2012|website=Republicreport.org|accessdate=November 6 , 2017}}</ref>
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