# Catherine Ingram Catherine Ingram is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate for district 9. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Ohio Senate, district 9 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: OH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/94ba65dd-57c5-4ab0-b607-5e310d50cae0 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/94ba65dd-57c5-4ab0-b607-5e310d50cae0 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Ingram voted against the majority of Ohio Senate Democrats 7 times; party unity 93.7%, in the bottom tenth of the Ohio Senate (average 97.5%). ## What Ingram says (OH 2025–26 session) 66 classified statements: 66 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Ingram | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.4% | 80 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 4.5% | 10.3% | 211 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 15.2% | 42.9% | 300 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 1.5% | 16.1% | 308 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 3.0% | 0.8% | 31 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Education 20% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Health 20% (State Senate Democrats 17%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 256 donors and 647 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (OH 2025–26 session) 240 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio Senate 100%). Party unity 93.7% (97.5%). 7 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-09-30 · voted yea · Passed · HB 519 Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB519/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Passed · HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB173/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 541 Designate Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB541/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Passed · HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB251/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Concurred in House amendments · SB 276 Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB276/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 297 Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB297/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 273 Enact the Keep Them Safe Act · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB273/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Passed · HB 492 Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB492/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB292/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 210 Regards the sale of used catalytic converters · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB210/ ## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session) Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 149. 21.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio Senate 55.2%; rank 28 of 32). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 439: Enact Women Expansion of Learning and Labor Safety or WELLS Act (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB439/ - SB 441: Designate Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis Awareness Week (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB441/ - SB 440: Permit pregnant minor to consent to receive certain health care (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB440/ - SCR 18: Urge Congress to grant statehood to Washington, D.C. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SCR18/ - SB 366: Require some delinquent property tax payments upon lot transfer (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB366/ - SR 261: Urge Congress to create a National Infrastructure Bank. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR261/ - SCR 15: Urge Congress to review and evaluate credit reporting agencies (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SCR15/ - SR 248: Honoring the Summit Country Day High School girls soccer team as the 2025 Division IV State Champion. (passed one chamber, 2025-12-17) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR248/ - SR 241: Honoring the Seton High School girls volleyball team as the 2025 Division I State Champion. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR241/ - SB 326: Require students complete a high school computer science course (passed one chamber, 2026-06-16) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB326/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $30.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-08-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2085165861006918004 - 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2083929027237003588 - 2026-08-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2083639397715443787 - 2026-07-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2081001834626367880 - 2026-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2080655137274572900 - 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2075787711818973687 - 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2075788042296553707 - 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2074351413853884446 - 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2074351667256943078 - 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/cingram32/status/2074352115292528814 ## Links - Official site: https://ohiosenate.gov/members/catherine-d-ingram - Campaign site: https://cathyingram.com/ - X: https://x.com/cingram32 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boysmemike - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IngramForThePeople - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cath.ingram22/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-ingram-mba-558b9253/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/94ba65dd-57c5-4ab0-b607-5e310d50cae0