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| | |religion=[[Jewish]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-abraham/e703627848|title=Mark Abraham|publisher=MyLife.con|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>}} | | |religion=[[Jewish]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-abraham/e703627848|title=Mark Abraham|publisher=MyLife.con|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>}} |
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| − | '''Mark Thorpe Abraham''' (born November 13, 1953) is a [[business]]man from [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is an incoming state senator for District 25, which encompasses Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis parishes. On January 13, 2020, Abraham, a [[Moderate Republican]], will succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] Senator [[Dan "Blade" Morrish]] of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish. | + | '''Mark Thorpe Abraham''' (born November 13, 1953) is a [[business]]man from [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is the state senator for District 25, which encompasses Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis parishes. On January 13, 2020, Abraham, a [[Moderate Republican]], succeeded [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] Senator [[Dan "Blade" Morrish]] of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish. |
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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> |
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| | [[Category:Football]] | | [[Category:Football]] |
| | [[Category:American Jews]] | | [[Category:American Jews]] |
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