| | 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]]. | | 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]]. |