Geoffrey 'Geoff' Abel

NS Nation Name: YadramCharacter Name: Geoffrey 'Geoff' AbelCharacter Gender: MaleCharacter Age: 53Character Height: 5'8"Character Weight: 158 lbs.
Character Position/Role/Job: U.S Representative for Indiana's 7th congressional district.Appearance:(Image)
Character State of Origin: IndianaCharacter State of Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana.Character Party Affiliation: Democrats.
Main Strengths: A powerful background with some quirks that make him stand apart from many others. Ability to research ahead and not regurgitate party slogans, forming opinions and views of his own. Main Weaknesses: Has to fight back several political adversaries to keep his position and popularity within his congressional district. Not yet accustomed to the subtleties partisan politics. Finds it hard to compromise when a decision directly affects his electorate. 
Biography: Born on December 21, 1964 in Merillville, Indiana, to a middle-class family of four children, his father was a high school history teacher married to a second generation Italian American. Geoff graduated from the same high school and earned his master's degree in engineering from the Indiana University Northwest, working his way through college as a keysmith.
In 1990 he enlisted in the U.S Army Corps of Engineers as a contractor in the Gulf War. During a combat mission, a piece of shrapnel from an IED blew off three toes on his right leg, causing him to walk with a slight limp, as he never learned to balance himself fully. Some political commentators tend to call him a 'cat without his whiskers' due to this fact. 
Having graduated from the Kelley School of Business in 1996 with a B.S. in Economics, Abel started a franchise selling electronics manufactured in Indonesia, called the Ideo Infosoft Limited. He sold it in 2004 with over 15 regional branches, having moved back to Merillville with his wife and two children. 
He worked as a radio-host on a news network heard in over 40 stations in Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio. In 2007 he was elected to the Indiana State Senate. In 2015 Abel chose to run for Indiana's 7th congressional district, and defeated State Senator Bernard Fisher in the Democratic primary, and beat incumbent Nicholas Schumer by a 5 percent margin.
During his time in Congress, Geoff has voted in favor of the WAC bill, as well as for RSLA. Voted for the declaration of war against ISIL. He was an outspoken critic of legislation introduced by Senator Villanueva de Peña, but condemned the assault on her as a result of one of the bills being passed by the senate. 
Other Info: Possibly suffers from the so called Gulf War syndrome. Had a surgery on his liver done in 2014. Twin daughters.