Mark Abraham
Mark Thorpe Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 25th district | |
| Assumed office January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Morrish |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 36th district | |
| In office January 2016 – January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Chuck Kleckley |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Tarver |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1953 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Gina Abraham |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Real estate broker businessman |
| Football career | |
| Profile | |
| Position | Safety |
| Career information | |
| College | LSU Tigers |
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Mark Thorpe Abraham (born November 13, 1953)[1] 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.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]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).[3]
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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- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Lake Charles, Louisiana
- American businesspeople in the real estate industry
- Businesspeople from Louisiana
- Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- 21st-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature
- Louisiana city council members
- Louisiana State University alumni
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