Mark Abraham

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|name= Mark Thorpe Abraham

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|state_senate1=Louisiana

|district1=25th

|term_start1=January 2020

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|preceded1=Dan Morrish

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|state_house2=Louisiana

|district2=36th

|term_start2=January 2016

|term_end2=January 2020

|preceded2= Chuck Kleckley

|succeeded2=Phillip Tarver

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|11|11}}

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|alma_mater=Louisiana State University

|occupation=Real estate broker

businessman

|residence=Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.

|spouse=Gina Abraham

|children=3

|party= Republican

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Mark Thorpe Abraham (born November 13, 1953){{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=91249|title=Mark Abraham, November 1953|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} is a businessman and politician from Lake Charles. Since 2020, he has represented the 25th district in the Louisiana State Senate; he was previously a state representative for the 36th district from 2016 to 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.regents.la.gov/page/mark-t-abraham-from-lake-charles|title=Mark T. Abraham from Lake Chsarles|publisher=regents.la.gov|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Career

In the October 24, 2015 primary election, Abraham, with 5,607 votes (54.6 percent), defeated another Republican candidate, Keith DeSonier, who polled 4,654 votes (45.4 percent).{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}

He is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 36 in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded the term-limited Republican Representative Chuck Kleckley, also the former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

In 2019, Abraham won election to the 25th district in the State Senate, succeeding term-limited incumbent Republican Dan Morrish.

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