Suzanne Mayfield Krieger | |
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Louisiana House of Representatives (District 76 -- St. Tammany Parish) | |
In office 1992–1996 |
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Preceded by | Edward C. Scogin |
Succeeded by | Tom Thornhill |
Personal details | |
Born |
Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA |
July 30, 1953
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Charles William Krieger |
Suzanne Mayfield Krieger (born July 30, 1953) is a lifelong resident of Slidell, Louisiana, who represented District 76 (St. Tammany Parish) in the Louisiana House of Representatives as a Republican for a single term from 1992 to 1996. In 1995, she unsuccessfully sought the office of lieutenant governor, losing to Democratic future Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette.
Krieger polled 211,520 votes (16 percent) in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 21, 1995, for lieutenant governor, narrowly edging then State Representative Chris John of Crowley for the runoff (called general election in Louisiana) against Blanco. A member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission at the time, Blanco had led in the initial balloting with 44 percent of the vote. In the second balloting, Blanco defeated Krieger, 964,559 (65.2 percent) to 513,613 (34.8 percent). In that same election, the Republican gubernatorial candidate Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., defeated the Democrat Cleo Fields by nearly the same margin that Blanco had topped Krieger.
With a varied background in business, civic and governmental affairs, Krieger is a former member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board and a past president of the Greater Slidell Chamber of Commerce. She is the chairman of the Slidell Symphony Society and has been active in bringing the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in the St. Tammany Parish schools.