Cromer was a member of the House committees on Civil Law and Procedure, Governmental Affairs, and Retirement.[3] Pearson was also chairman of the Retirement Committee.[5][self-published source] During his tenure, Cromer addressed the issue of flooding in the Slidell area and the required steps to remedy high water.[6]
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, GovernorBobby Jindal said that the state had spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone from 2008 to 2011 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports during the same time period. The state also spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish.[7]
Cromer was reelected in the primary election held on October 22, 2011. He received 5,030 votes (74.9 percent) to 1,683 ballots (25.1 percent) for his intra-party rival, J. "Ron" Eldridge.[8]