Ralph Abraham (politician)

Ralph Abraham (2015)

Ralph Lee Abraham (* 16th September 1954 in Alto , Richland Parish , Louisiana ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . Since January 2015 he has represented Louisiana's 5th congressional electoral district in the US House of Representatives . He ran for governor of his state in 2019 and will not run for Congress again in 2020.

Career

Ralph Abraham attended Mangham High School in Louisiana until 1972 . He then studied veterinary medicine at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge until 1980 . He worked as a veterinarian for some time and then studied human medicine at the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans until 1994 . He subsequently practiced as a doctor. In the meantime, he served from 1986 to 1989 in a special unit of the Mississippi State National Guard .

In the 2014 election , Abraham was elected to the US House of Representatives in Louisiana’s fifth congressional electoral district in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Vance McAllister , who was no longer nominated by his party, on January 3, 2015 . He had defeated the Democrat Jamie Mayo with 64 to 36 percent of the vote . Abraham was sustained in 2016 and 2018 and is currently a member of the 116th Congress . In February 2020, Abraham announced that he would not run again in the 2020 House election after President Donald Trump asked him to run again in January. His mandate ends on January 3, 2021.

Abraham ran for election to Louisiana's 2019 governor . In the cross-party primary ("Jungle Primary") he competed on October 12, 2019 against the Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards, among others . Abraham received 23.6% of the vote in the first ballot and thus did not make it into the runoff election. He spoke out in favor of Eddie Rispone .

Web links

Ralph Abraham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Web presence at the Congress (English)
Ralph Abraham at Vote Smart (English)

Individual evidence

^ Ralph Abraham wins 5th Congressional District race. In: The Times-Picayune , December 6, 2014.
↑ Myah Ward: Louisiana GOP Rep Ralph Abraham Announces he will not seek reelection.. In: Politico , February 26, 2020.
↑ Kyle Kondik: Governors 2019-2020: Democrats try to hold the line in red-state battles. In: Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball , University of Virginia Center for Politics, December 6, 2018
↑ Elizabeth Crisp: Gov. John Bel Edwards officially receives Louisiana Democratic Party endorsement for re-election. In: The Advocate , March 9, 2019.
^ Louisiana Governor Primary Election Results. In: The New York Times , October 12, 2019.
↑ Sam Karlin: After losing in primary, Ralph Abraham endorses Eddie Rispone; 'It's the end game that is important'. In: The Advocate , October 14, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Abraham, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abraham, Ralph Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alto , Louisiana

[1] Ralph Abraham wins 5th Congressional District race. In: The Times-Picayune , December 6, 2014.

[2] Myah Ward: Louisiana GOP Rep Ralph Abraham Announces he will not seek reelection.. In: Politico , February 26, 2020.

[3] Kyle Kondik: Governors 2019-2020: Democrats try to hold the line in red-state battles. In: Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball , University of Virginia Center for Politics, December 6, 2018

[4] Elizabeth Crisp: Gov. John Bel Edwards officially receives Louisiana Democratic Party endorsement for re-election. In: The Advocate , March 9, 2019.

[5] Louisiana Governor Primary Election Results. In: The New York Times , October 12, 2019.

[6] Sam Karlin: After losing in primary, Ralph Abraham endorses Eddie Rispone; 'It's the end game that is important'. In: The Advocate , October 14, 2019.