Catherine Ingram

Democratic Party

Ohio State Senate District 9

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor:Cecil Thomas (D)

Prior offices:

Ohio House of Representatives District 32

Years in office: 2017 - 2022

Successor:Bob Young (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$71,099/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Woodward High School

Bachelor's

University of Cincinnati

Graduate

University of Cincinnati

Personal

Birthplace

Ohio

Profession

Businesswoman

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

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Catherine Ingram (Democratic Party) is a member of theOhio State Senate, representingDistrict 9. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Ingram (Democratic Party) ran for election to theOhio State Senate to representDistrict 9. She won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Biography

Catherine Ingram was born in and lives inOhio. Ingram graduated from Woodward High School. She earned a bachelor’s and an M.B.A. from the University of Cincinnati. Her career experience includes working in business, nonprofits, real estate, education, and community services. Ingram served on the Cincinnati School Board and on the boards of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, the Great Rivers Girl Scout Council as well as the Greater Cincinnati Black Achiever Award program.^[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Ingram was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee
• Senate Health Committee
• Senate Insurance Committee
• Medicaid Committee (Decommissioned)
• Workforce and Higher Education Committee
• Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee

2021-2022

Ingram was assigned to the following committees:

• Economic and Workforce Development Committee (decommissioned)
• Financial Institutions Committee
• Higher Education and Career Readiness Committee (decommissioned),Ranking member
• House Primary and Secondary Education Committee (decommissioned)

2019-2020

Ingram was assigned to the following committees:

• Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee,Ranking minority member
• Economic and Workforce Development Committee (decommissioned)
• House Primary and Secondary Education Committee (decommissioned)

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2022

See also: Ohio State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Ohio State Senate District 9

Catherine Ingram defeatedOrlando Sonza in the general election for Ohio State Senate District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Catherine Ingram (D)	72.8	78,639
		Orlando Sonza (R)	27.2	29,418

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,057
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio State Senate District 9

Catherine Ingram advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio State Senate District 9 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Catherine Ingram	100.0	11,112

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio State Senate District 9

Orlando Sonza advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio State Senate District 9 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Orlando Sonza	100.0	2,892

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,892
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 32

IncumbentCatherine Ingram won election in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 32 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Catherine Ingram (D)	100.0	42,055

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,055
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 32

IncumbentCatherine Ingram defeatedDadrien Washington in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 32 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Catherine Ingram	88.4	10,200
		Dadrien Washington	11.6	1,337

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,537
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Campaign finance

2018

See also:Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 32

IncumbentCatherine Ingram defeatedMarilyn Tunnat in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 32 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Catherine Ingram (D)	79.1	32,020
		Marilyn Tunnat (R)	20.9	8,481

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,501
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 32

IncumbentCatherine Ingram advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 32 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Catherine Ingram	100.0	5,323

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 32

Marilyn Tunnat advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 32 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marilyn Tunnat	100.0	1,520

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,520
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2016

See also:Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theOhio House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 16, 2015.IncumbentChristie Bryant Kuhns (D) did not seek re-election.

Catherine Ingram defeatedMatthew Wahlert in the Ohio House of Representatives District 32 general election.^[2]

Ohio House of Representatives, District 32 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Catherine Ingram	76.88%	37,595
	Republican	Matthew Wahlert	23.12%	11,308
Total Votes				48,903
Source:Ohio Secretary of State

Catherine Ingram defeatedShawn Butler,Leo D'Cruz andKevin Johnson in the Ohio House of Representatives District 32 Democratic primary.^[3][4]

Ohio House of Representatives District 32, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Catherine Ingram	51.63%	7,623
	Democratic	Shawn Butler	30.01%	4,432
	Democratic	Leo D'Cruz	18.31%	2,704
	Democratic	Kevin Johnson	0.05%	7
Total Votes				14,766

Matthew Wahlert ran unopposed in the Ohio House of Representatives District 32 Republican primary.^[3][4]

Ohio House of Representatives District 32, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Matthew Wahlert (unopposed)	100.00%	4,090
Total Votes				4,090

2014

See also:Ohio State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theOhio State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 5, 2014.Cecil Thomas defeatedPaul Sohi,Dale Mallory,Catherine Ingram,Joe Hye andAngela Beamon in the Democratic primary, whileJacqueline Mikita was unopposed in the Republican primary. Mikita withdrew from the race before the general election, and was replaced on the ballot byCharlie Winburn. Winburn was defeated by Thomas in the general election.^[5]

Ohio State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cecil Thomas	57.2%	48,839
	Republican	Charlie Winburn	42.8%	36,611
Total Votes				85,450

Ohio State Senate, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Cecil Thomas	33.2%	4,346
Dale Mallory	29%	3,790
Catherine Ingram	18.1%	2,368
Paul Sohi	12%	1,566
Angela Beamon	6.5%	848
Joe Hye	1.2%	162
Total Votes		13,080

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Catherine Ingram did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Ingram's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Campaign finance summary

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