Mark Abraham

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Mark Thorpe Abraham
Member of the Louisiana Senate
from the 25th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2020
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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

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Abraham, November 1953". Louisiana Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mark T. Abraham from Lake Chsarles". regents.la.gov. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
Preceded by Louisiana State Representative
for District 36 (Calcasieu Parish)
Mark Thorpe Abraham
2016 – 2020		Succeeded by
Preceded by Louisiana State Senator
for District 25
Mark Thorpe Abraham
2020 –		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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