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 Party (United States)|Republican]] (since 2023) | other_party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (until 2023) | birth_place = [[Fordoche, Louisiana]], U.S. | education = [[Northwestern State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Louisiana State University]] ([[Juris Doctor|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> LaCombe was elected to the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] in a March 2019 special election, succeeding [[Major Thibaut]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> LaCombe also serves as vice chair of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeremy LaCombe |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jeremy_LaCombe |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

On April 10, 2023, LaCombe announced he had left the Democratic Party and would be registering as a Republican.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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