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|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district
|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district
|term_start=January 3, 2015
|term_start=January 3, 2015
|preceded=Vance McAllister
|preceded=Vance Michael McAllister, Sr.
|succeeded=
|succeeded=
|birth_date=September 16, 1954
|birth_date=September 16, 1954
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.
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.
To win his U.S. House seat, Abraham first dispatched the scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Vance Michael McAllister, Sr., 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.
Abraham has served in the [[United States Coast Guard]] Auxiliary and the Mississippi National Guard. He and his wife, Dianne, have three children.