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From 2016 to 2020, Abraham served a single term in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He relinquished the House seat for his Senate campaign. Senatorial election returns gave Abraham 19,670 votes (54 percent). Two other Republicans, Kevin M. Berken and John E. "Johnny" Guin, a former state representative from Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, polled 8,553 votes (24 percent) and 8,144 (22 percent), respectively.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
From 2016 to 2020, Abraham served a single term in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He relinquished the House seat for his Senate campaign. Senatorial election returns gave Abraham 19,670 votes (54 percent). Two other Republicans, Kevin M. Berken and John E. "Johnny" Guin, a former state representative from Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, polled 8,553 votes (24 percent) and 8,144 (22 percent), respectively.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
Abraham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Accounting]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], at which he was an LSU Tigers [[football]] player. He is a former member of the Lake Charles City Council, the Port Authority, and the Louisiana International Trade Commission. A [[real estate]] broker, he co-owns other businesses, including a Cajun food company, a storage firm, a furniture and appliance rental company, and a shrimp and seafood processing plant. He is a member of the board of the Council for a Better Louisiana and the [[Guatemala]]n [[orphanage]] Casa Aleluya. He and his wife, Gina, have three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regents.la.gov/page/mark-t-abraham-from-lake-charles|title=Mark T. Abraham from Lake Charles|publisher=regents.la.gov|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref>
Abraham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Accounting]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], at which he was an LSU Tigers [[football]] player. He is a former member of the Lake Charles City Council, the Port Authority, and the Louisiana International Trade Commission. A [[real estate]] broker, he co-owns other businesses, including a Cajun food company, a storage firm, a furniture and appliance rental company, and a shrimp and seafood processing plant. He is a member of the board of the Council for a Better Louisiana and Casa Aleluya, an orphanage in [[Guatemala]]. He and his wife, Gina, have three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regents.la.gov/page/mark-t-abraham-from-lake-charles|title=Mark T. Abraham from Lake Charles|publisher=regents.la.gov|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref>
In the October 24, 2015 primary election for House District 36, Abraham, with 5,607 votes (54.6 percent), defeated another Republican candidate, Keith DeSonier, who polled 4,654 votes (45.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> He succeeded the term-limited Republican Representative Chuck Kleckley of Lake Charles, who had been [[Speaker]] of the House during the administration of Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]].
In the October 24, 2015 primary election for House District 36, Abraham, with 5,607 votes (54.6 percent), defeated another Republican candidate, Keith DeSonier, who polled 4,654 votes (45.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> He succeeded the term-limited Republican Representative Chuck Kleckley of Lake Charles, who had been [[Speaker]] of the House during the second administration of Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]].
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