# Keith Ingram
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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Keith Ingram
|office = Minority Leader of the [Arkansas Senate](/source/Arkansas_Senate)
|term_start = January 15, 2013
|term_end = January 9, 2023
|predecessor = [Ruth Whitaker](/source/Ruth_Whitaker)
|successor = [Greg Leding](/source/Greg_Leding)
|state_senate1 = Arkansas
|district1 = 24th
|term_start1 = January 15, 2013
|term_end1 = January 9, 2023
|predecessor1 = [Jimmy Jeffress](/source/Jimmy_Jeffress)
|successor1 = [Missy Irvin](/source/Missy_Irvin)
|state_house3 = Arkansas
|district3 = 53rd
|term_start3 = January 2009
|term_end3 = January 15, 2013
|predecessor3 = Denny Sumpter
|successor3 = [Homer Lenderman](/source/Homer_Lenderman)
|office4 = 11th Mayor of [West Memphis](/source/West_Memphis%2C_Arkansas)
|term_start4 = 1987
|term_end4 = 1994
|predecessor4 = Leo Chitman
|successor4 = Al Boals
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|12}}
|birth_place = [West Memphis](/source/West_Memphis%2C_Arkansas), [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas), U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
|education = [University of Arkansas, Fayetteville](/source/University_of_Arkansas)
[University of Mississippi, Oxford](/source/University_of_Mississippi) {{small|([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))}}
|relatives = [Bill Ingram](/source/W._K._Ingram) {{small|(Father)}}
|website = {{URL|keithingramforarkansas.com|Campaign website}}
}}
'''Keith M. Ingram''' (born April 12, 1955) is an American [politician](/source/politician) from the state of [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas). A member of the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), Ingram represents the 24th district in the [Arkansas Senate](/source/Arkansas_Senate), of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district includes [Crittenden County](/source/Crittenden_County%2C_Arkansas) and parts of [Cross](/source/Cross_County%2C_Arkansas), [Lee](/source/Lee_County%2C_Arkansas), [Phillips](/source/Phillips_County%2C_Arkansas) and [St. Francis](/source/St._Francis_County%2C_Arkansas) counties in eastern Arkansas.
He previously represented the 53rd district in the [Arkansas House of Representatives](/source/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives) for from January 2009 – January 2013 and served as [mayor](/source/mayor) of [West Memphis](/source/West_Memphis%2C_Arkansas), Arkansas.
==Career==
While he was Senator-elect, Ingram was selected as the Democrats' Minority Leader to succeed the party's former [Majority Leader](/source/Majority_Leader) [Robert F. Thompson](/source/Robert_F._Thompson) of [Paragould](/source/Paragould%2C_Arkansas) in [Greene County](/source/Greene_County%2C_Arkansas) in northeastern Arkansas.[{{cite press release|url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/?do%3AnewsDetail=1&news_id=381 |title=Arkansas Senate |publisher=Arkansas.gov |date=2012-11-13 |access-date=2013-10-26}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.helena-arkansas.com/article/20121206/NEWS/121209786/1001|title=Ingram elected minority leader in State Senate|newspaper=The Helena Arkansas Daily World|date=2012-12-06|access-date=2013-10-26|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194021/http://www.helena-arkansas.com/article/20121206/NEWS/121209786/1001|url-status=dead}}] He considered running for [Governor of Arkansas](/source/Governor_of_Arkansas), in the [2014 election](/source/Arkansas_gubernatorial_election%2C_2014), when the incumbent Democrat [Mike Beebe](/source/Mike_Beebe) was [term-limited](/source/Term_limits) but did not file for the higher office.[{{cite web|url=http://www.thv11.com/news/article/245680/2/Ingram-considering-run-for-Ark-governor |title=Ingram considering run for Ark. governor |publisher=[KTHV](/source/KTHV)|date=2013-01-29 |access-date=2013-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193519/http://www.thv11.com/news/article/245680/2/Ingram-considering-run-for-Ark-governor |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}]
Ingram is a member of [National Conference of State Legislatures](/source/National_Conference_of_State_Legislatures), the [Council of State Governments](/source/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](/source/West_Memphis%2C_Arkansas).
==Family==
Ingram's father, [William K. Ingram](/source/W._K._Ingram), was an Arkansas state senator from 1963 until 1981, while his brother, [Kent Ingram](/source/Kent_Ingram), served for nine years in the state Senate.[
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.keithingramforarkansas.com Official Website]
*[http://razorbackconcrete.com Razorback Concrete Company]
*[http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=K.%20Ingram Arkansas Legislature - Member Profile]
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{{s-bef|before=[Ruth Whitaker](/source/Ruth_Whitaker)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minority Leader of the [Arkansas Senate](/source/Arkansas_Senate)|years=2013–2023}}
{{s-aft|after=[Greg Leding](/source/Greg_Leding)}}
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Category:Democratic Party Arkansas state senators
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Arkansas
Category:Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
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Category:People from Crittenden County, Arkansas
Category:People from West Memphis, Arkansas
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