Ingram attended Florida State University and played football as a walk-on under coach Bobby Bowden.

[2] Ingram was a long snapper for the Seminoles and played on the 1999 undefeated National Championship team.

In the Allied Veterans of the World scandal, in which a supposedly non-profit organization was reportedly operating a "$300 million criminal enterprise[3] and which resulted in the resignation of Lieutenant Governor of Florida Jennifer Carroll in 2013, Ingram has come under fire for accepting campaign contributions from the group in question.

"[5] Running for re-election in 2014, Ingram faced Gloria Robertson-Wiggins, the Democratic nominee, in the general election.

Owing to the conservative nature of his district, she did not present a significant challenge to him, and he won re-election in a landslide, receiving 69% of the vote to Robertson-Wiggins's 31%.