Career
He previously represented the 53rd district in the Arkansas House of Representatives and served as mayor of West Memphis, Arkansas. Senator Ingram has been involved in public service for decades. In 2008, he was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives and served two consecutive terms.
He also served as mayor of West Memphis, from 1987 to 1994.
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. 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.
With NCSL, he serves on the Law & Criminal Justice Standing Committee and sits on the Annual Meeting Committee for Consumer Service Guide. In addition to serving as 2014 chairman of the Southern Legislative Conference, he sits on the Energy & Environment Committee. Ingram currently serves as vice president of Razorback Concrete Company, a family-owned business in West Memphis.