Ohio State Senator, District 9

Catherine D. Ingram is a Democrat who has represented Senate District 9 since January 2023 after three terms in the Ohio House¹². She served more than twenty years on the Cincinnati Board of Education, including as president in the mid-1990s, and has worked as a realtor and university instructor¹. She holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati¹.

Where they stand 8 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• GunsAdd universal background checks and red-flag lawsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Primary sponsor of Senate Bill 237 to restore local governments' authority to regulate firearms, testifying that it gives communities tools to address gun violence. (2026-06-09) source
  • Primary sponsor of Senate Bill 75 to raise the penalty for failing to report a lost or stolen firearm, calling it common-sense legislation. (2026-02-11) source
  • Voted no on Senate Bill 215, which lets adults who may legally own a gun carry a concealed handgun without a permit (House vote, 58 to 36). (2022-03-02) source
  • Voted no on House Bill 99, which allows school boards to let trained staff carry guns in schools (59 to 33 and 56 to 35). (2022-06-01) source
• MarijuanaLegalize and regulate it like alcoholmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • After the legislature passed Senate Bill 56, which revised the adult-use marijuana law that voters approved in 2023, said she would not support changes that override the will of Ohio voters and that Ohioans expected reasonable adjustments, not broad changes. (2025-12-10) source
  • Voted no on Senate passage of Senate Bill 56 (23 to 9). (2025-02-26) source
• Gender care for minorsNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on House Bill 68, which bars gender transition treatments such as puberty blockers and hormones for minors and requires school and college sports teams to be designated by sex (24 to 8). (2023-12-13) source
  • Voted no on overriding the governor's veto of House Bill 68 (24 to 8). (2024-01-24) source
• Transgender athletesNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on House Bill 68, which also requires school sports teams to be designated by sex (24 to 8), and no on the veto override (24 to 8). (2024-01-24) source
• DEI programsNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on Senate Bill 1, which bars state universities from operating diversity, equity and inclusion offices, required DEI training and DEI-based scholarships (21 to 11 and 20 to 11). (2025-03-26) source
  • Voted no on Senate Bill 83, an earlier higher education bill with similar DEI limits (21 to 10). (2023-05-17) source
• Election rulesNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on House Bill 458, an elections bill that requires photo identification to vote, changes absentee voting rules and makes other election law changes (House vote, 55 to 34). (2022-12-14) source
  • Voted no on Senate Joint Resolution 10, which puts a photo ID requirement for voting into the Ohio Constitution (22 to 9). (2026-06-03) source
• Curriculum and booksNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on House Bill 8, the Parents' Bill of Rights, which requires schools to notify parents about instructional material with sexuality content and student health matters and to adopt policies for released time religious instruction (24 to 7). (2024-12-18) source
• Ranked-choice votingNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted yes on Senate Bill 63, which generally prohibits the use of ranked choice voting in Ohio elections (Senate vote, 27 to 5). (2025-05-14) source
  • Voted no on the Senate vote to agree to the House changes to Senate Bill 63 (24 to 7). (2026-03-04) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Abortion, Immigration, Energy and climate, School choice, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Religion in schools, China policy.