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Line 22: + + + + + − 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, the former Gina Margarete Roy (born 1953),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; no longer on-line}}</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 second administration of Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]].
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'''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.
'''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.
==Background==
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, the former Gina Margarete Roy (born 1953),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; no longer on-line}}</ref>
==Political career==
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. Guinn|John Eddie "Johnny" Guinn]], 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. Guinn|John Eddie "Johnny" Guinn]], 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>
In the primary held on October 24, 2015, 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]].
On October 14, 2023, Abraham easily won Senate reelection with 81 percent of the vote against the Democrat Joshua "Josh" Lewis, who held the other 19 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2023.</ref>
On October 14, 2023, Abraham easily won Senate reelection with 81 percent of the vote against the Democrat Joshua "Josh" Lewis, who held the other 19 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2023.</ref>