Facts: - party: republican - spouse: carissa graves - predecessor: bill cassidy - office: member 's 6th district of the u.s. house of representatives from louisiana - children: 3 - term start: january 3 , 2015 - birth date: 31 january 1972 - name: garret graves - occupation: coastal preservation - image: garret graves official congressional photo.jpg - birth place: baton rouge , louisiana - religion: roman catholic - alma mater: catholic high school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of garret graves .
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garret neal graves -lrb- born january 31 , 1972 -rrb- is the united states representative from louisiana 's 6th congressional district .in a runoff election on december 6 , 2014 , graves , a republican , defeated the democratic candidate , former governor edwin edwards .