Mark Abraham

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Louisiana State Senate District 25
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

5

Predecessor
Prior offices
Louisiana House of Representatives District 36
Successor: Phillip Tarver

Compensation

Base salary

$16,800/year; plus an additional $6,000/year as an unvouchered expense

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

October 14, 2023

Contact

Mark Abraham (Republican Party) is a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 25. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.

Abraham (Republican Party) won re-election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 25 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the general election was canceled.

Abraham is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 36 from 2015 to 2020.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Abraham was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Abraham was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Abraham was assigned to the following committees:



Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 25

Incumbent Mark Abraham won election outright against Joshua Lewis in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 25 on October 14, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mark Abraham (R)
 
80.7
 
21,937
Joshua Lewis (D)
 
19.3
 
5,250

Total votes: 27,187
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Endorsements

Abraham received the following endorsements.

  • Louisiana Shooting Association

2019

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 25

Mark Abraham won election outright against Kevin Berken and John Guinn in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 25 on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mark Abraham (R)
 
54.1
 
19,670
Image of Kevin Berken
Kevin Berken (R)
 
23.5
 
8,553
Image of John Guinn
John Guinn (R)
 
22.4
 
8,144

Total votes: 36,367
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2015

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[1]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Mark Abraham (R) defeated Keith DeSonier (R) in the October 24 blanket primary.[2][3]

Louisiana House of Representatives, District 36 Primary Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Abraham 54.6% 5,607
     Republican Keith DeSonier 45.4% 4,654
Total Votes 10,261

Campaign themes

2023

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2019

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Campaign finance summary


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Mark Abraham campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Louisiana State Senate District 25Won primary$488,710 $144,113
2019Louisiana State Senate District 25Won primary$428,105 N/A**
Grand total$916,815 $144,113
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dan Morrish (R)
Louisiana State Senate District 25
2020-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Louisiana House of Representatives District 36
2016-2020
Succeeded by
Phillip Tarver (R)


Current members of the Louisiana State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Cameron Henry
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Ed Price (D)
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District 36
Adam Bass (R)
District 37
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District 39
Republican Party (28)
Democratic Party (11)



Current members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Phillip DeVillier
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Pat Moore (D)
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Ken Brass (D)
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Roy Adams (D)
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John Illg (R)
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