Ingram stresses business background, access in MO-6 race

Republican candidate says private-sector experience and structural reform set him apart in crowded field

Republican congressional candidate Jim Ingram is asking Missouri 6th District voters to look past name recognition and focus on experience, accessibility and reform.

In an interview with the Citizen Observer, Ingram cast himself as the private-sector candidate in the race — a businessman and Army veteran who says Congress needs more members who have built companies, dealt with regulation firsthand and lived through economic downturns outside politics.