Keith Ingram Explained

Keith Ingram
Office:Minority Leader of the Arkansas Senate
Term Start:January 15, 2013
Term End:January 9, 2023
Predecessor:Ruth Whitaker
Successor:Greg Leding
State Senate1:Arkansas
District1:24th
Term Start1:January 15, 2013
Term End1:January 9, 2023
Predecessor1:Jimmy Jeffress
Successor1:Missy Irvin
State House3:Arkansas
District3:53rd
Term Start3:January 2009
Term End3:January 15, 2013
Predecessor3:Denny Sumpter
Successor3:Homer Lenderman
Office4:11th Mayor of West Memphis
Term Start4:1987
Term End4:1994
Predecessor4:Leo Chitman
Successor4:Al Boals
Birth Date:12 April 1955
Birth Place:West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.
Party:Democratic

Keith M. Ingram (born April 12, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate, of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district includes Crittenden County and parts of Cross, Lee, Phillips and St. Francis counties in eastern Arkansas.

He previously represented the 53rd district in the Arkansas House of Representatives for from January 2009 – January 2013 and served as mayor of West Memphis, Arkansas.

Career

While he was Senator-elect, Ingram was selected as the Democrats' Minority Leader to succeed the party's former Majority Leader Robert F. Thompson of Paragould in Greene County in northeastern Arkansas.[1] [2] He considered running for Governor of Arkansas, in the 2014 election, when the incumbent Democrat Mike Beebe was term-limited but did not file for the higher office.[3]

Ingram is a member of National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments and the Southern Legislative Conference. With NCSL, he serves on the Law & Criminal Justice Standing Committee and sits on the Annual Meeting Committee for CSG. In addition to serving as 2014 chairman of the Southern Legislative Conference, he sits on the Energy & Environment Committee.

Business career

Ingram currently serves as vice president of Razorback Concrete Company, a family-owned business in West Memphis.

Family

Ingram's father, William K. Ingram, was an Arkansas state senator from 1963 until 1981, while his brother, Kent Ingram, served for nine years in the state Senate.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Arkansas Senate . Arkansas.gov . 2012-11-13 . 2013-10-26.
  2. Web site: Ingram elected minority leader in State Senate. The Helena Arkansas Daily World. 2012-12-06 . 2013-10-26.
  3. Web site: Ingram considering run for Ark. governor . KTHV. 2013-01-29 . 2013-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193519/http://www.thv11.com/news/article/245680/2/Ingram-considering-run-for-Ark-governor . 2013-10-29 .