Jeremy LaCombe
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jeremy LaCombe
| predecessor = Major Thibaut
| state_house = Louisiana
| district = 18th
| term_start = March 2019
| children = 2
| party = Republican (since 2023)
| otherparty = Democratic (until 2023)
| birth_place = Fordoche, Louisiana, U.S.
| education = Northwestern State University (BA)
Louisiana State University (JD)
}}
Jeremy S. LaCombe is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 18th district. He assumed office in 2019 after a special election. Elected as a Democrat, he switched parties and became a Republican on April 10, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/another-louisiana-house-democrat-has-switched-parties-to-republican/article_ac78be0c-d7bc-11ed-95aa-e3d462777bb0.html |title=Another Louisiana House Democrat has switched parties to Republican |date=April 10, 2023 |work=The Advocate |first=Sam |last=Karlin}}
Early life and education
LaCombe was born in Fordoche, Louisiana. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Northwestern State University in 1999 and a Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 2004.{{Cite web |title=State Representative Jeremy S. LaCombe |url=https://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members?ID=18 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=house.louisiana.gov}}
Career
In 2004 and 2005, LaCombe worked as a law clerk at Fisher, Boyd, Brown, Boudreaux & Huguenard. In 2005 and 2006, he served as assistant district attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He was also an attorney at LeBlanc & Waddell. Since 2008, he has worked as an attorney at the LaCrombe Law Firm.{{Cite web |title=Jeremy LaCombe's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/186011/jeremy-lacombe |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Vote Smart}} LaCombe was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in a March 2019 special election, succeeding Major Thibaut.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-01 |title=Voters choose 3 new Louisiana lawmakers in special elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/7140a1fe106b40eb83b0cd6e833c2e09 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} LaCombe also serves as vice chair of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.{{Cite web |title=Jeremy LaCombe |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jeremy_LaCombe |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
On April 10, 2023, LaCombe announced he had left the Democratic Party and would be registering as a Republican.{{cite web | title=Dems dealt another blow as Louisiana Rep. Jeremy LaCombe jumps ship, the third to switch Republican in a month | website=New York Post | date=April 11, 2023 | url=https://nypost.com/2023/04/11/louisiana-rep-jeremy-lacombe-switches-from-democrat-to-republican-party/ | access-date=April 11, 2023}}
References
{{Louisiana House of Representatives}}
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Category:People from Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Category:Northwestern State University alumni
Category:Louisiana State University Law Center alumni
Category:Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature
Category:American politicians who switched parties
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