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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr.
|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district
|term_start=January 3, 2015
|preceded=Vance McAllister
|succeeded=
|birth_date=September 16, 1954
|birth_place=Alto, Richland Parish, Louisiana
|residence=Mangham, Richland Parish
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Physician]]<br>
former [[veterinarian]]
|spouse=Dianne Abraham
|children=KiAnne, Lee, and Ashley
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine<br>
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|branch=[[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary]]<br>
[[Mississippi National Guard]]
}}
'''Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr.''' (born September 16, 1954), is an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and former [[veterinarian]] from Mangham in Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]], who was elected in 2014 to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for his state's 5th congressional district, which encompasses a large swath of eastern Louisiana north of [[Baton Rouge]].
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Abraham has been mentioned as a potential opponent in 2019 to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], who will seek a second term in the office.
To win his U.S. House seat, Abraham first dispatched the scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Vance McAllister in the nonpartisan blanket primary and then in the [[general election]], the [[African-American]] Democrat Jamie Mayo, the [[mayor]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], 134,612 votes (64.2 percent) to 75,004 (35.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_23.html|title=Runoff election returns|date=December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 10, 2018}}</ref> He defeated token opposition in 2016 to secure his second term as representative.
Abraham has served in the [[United States Coast Guard]] Auxiliary and the Mississippi National Guard. He and his wife, Dianne, have three children.
Though considered a [[conservative]] on most political issues, including [[abortion]], Abraham opposes the continued use of the [[Electoral College]] and said in a radio interview that he supports a direct popular vote for president and vice-president.
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Louisianan People]]
[[Category:Physicians]]
[[Category:Veterinarians]]
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
|name=Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr.
|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district
|term_start=January 3, 2015
|preceded=Vance McAllister
|succeeded=
|birth_date=September 16, 1954
|birth_place=Alto, Richland Parish, Louisiana
|residence=Mangham, Richland Parish
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Physician]]<br>
former [[veterinarian]]
|spouse=Dianne Abraham
|children=KiAnne, Lee, and Ashley
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine<br>
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|branch=[[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary]]<br>
[[Mississippi National Guard]]
}}
'''Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr.''' (born September 16, 1954), is an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and former [[veterinarian]] from Mangham in Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]], who was elected in 2014 to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for his state's 5th congressional district, which encompasses a large swath of eastern Louisiana north of [[Baton Rouge]].
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Abraham has been mentioned as a potential opponent in 2019 to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], who will seek a second term in the office.
To win his U.S. House seat, Abraham first dispatched the scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Vance McAllister in the nonpartisan blanket primary and then in the [[general election]], the [[African-American]] Democrat Jamie Mayo, the [[mayor]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], 134,612 votes (64.2 percent) to 75,004 (35.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_23.html|title=Runoff election returns|date=December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 10, 2018}}</ref> He defeated token opposition in 2016 to secure his second term as representative.
Abraham has served in the [[United States Coast Guard]] Auxiliary and the Mississippi National Guard. He and his wife, Dianne, have three children.
Though considered a [[conservative]] on most political issues, including [[abortion]], Abraham opposes the continued use of the [[Electoral College]] and said in a radio interview that he supports a direct popular vote for president and vice-president.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Ralph}}
[[Category:Louisianan People]]
[[Category:Physicians]]
[[Category:Veterinarians]]
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Baptists]]