Morgan Abraham is an American businessman, army intelligence officer, and politician who served as a member of the

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in 10th district from 2021 to 2023.

Education

Abraham earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the

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in 2014 and a

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in finance from the

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in 2019. Abraham served as Student Body President of the University of Arizona during his senior year of college. As Student Body President Abraham successfully brought the University's Spring Fling Carnival back to the University of Arizona main campus for the first time in 15 years, worked on student policy engagement and LGBT equity issues. Abraham also successfully lobbied the Arizona Board of Regents and the University of Arizona administration to agree to a "Guaranteed Tuition Plan" for undergraduate students, which locked in their tuition rates during the four year period they attended school, in contrast to the plan proposed by Governor

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Career

Abraham started his own business ABECAP, or Abraham Capital, in 2013. ABECAP specializes in converting old, dilapidated buildings to housings with a focus on affordable housing. Abraham’s company was involved in the conversion of the Spanish Trail Motel to affordable housing for veterans. The property was purchased for $2.5 million, and was the largest redevelopment in

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in over two decades. The project received praise from city officials for addressing the area's need for more affordable housing for veterans. From 2013 to 2022 Abraham grew ABECAP into one of the largest real estate conversation companies in Southern Arizona. Before serving in the

Abraham led the opposition campaign to Governor

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's proposed ballot

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, Proposition 123. Abraham argued that the plan proposed by Governor Ducey would insufficiently fund public schools in Arizona. The ballot initiative narrowly passed by a less than 2% margin, despite the "Vote No" campaign spending only $20,265.50 while the "Vote Yes" campaign spent over $5.4 million. In 2017, Abraham joined the

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as an intelligence officer, having received his commission from the ROTC program at the University of Arizona. He is also a managing partner at Abraham Capital, real estate investment firm based in

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. Abraham was appointed to the

by the Pima County Board of Supervisors in December 2021, succeeding Stephanie Stahl Hamilton. While in office, Abraham focused his efforts on increasing access to affordable education, including legislation to create universal Pre-K in Arizona. As an active duty intelligence officer in United States Army, Abraham also became a leading voice for commonsense gun reform in the Arizona Legislature. He was defeated for election in 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Morgan Living people Jewish American people in Arizona politics Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives University of Arizona alumni People from Pima County, Arizona Year of birth missing (living people)