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Keri Ingle is a mom, master social worker, and state representative from Lee's Summit. First elected to the Missouri House in 2018, she has focused on child safety, mental health, workers, and practical government. She is running for Missouri Senate District 8 to make everyday life work better for families.

100-WORD BIO Keri Ingle is a mom, master social worker, and state representative from Lee's Summit. Before serving in the legislature, she worked as an adoption specialist with the Jackson County Children's Division and in schools, hospitals, and mental health facilities. First elected to the Missouri House in 2018, Keri has focused on protecting children, expanding access to care, strengthening the foster care system, supporting public schools and first responders, and standing up for workers. She is running for Missouri Senate District 8 because politics should make life better, not harder, and families need leaders who understand what government failure costs them.  

LONG BIO Keri Ingle is a mom, master social worker, and state representative from Lee's Summit. She earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master's degree in social work from the University of Kansas. Before running for office, she worked as an adoption specialist with the Jackson County Children's Division and in schools, hospitals, and mental health facilities. That meant sitting with families when the system was confusing, slow, or simply not doing what it promised.

Keri was first elected to House District 35 in 2018. Her legislative work has centered on child safety, mental health, foster care, workers, public schools, and practical government. She co-sponsored the 2021 law that brought basic health and safety requirements and background checks to unlicensed religious boarding schools. In 2026, she introduced bills on registered apprenticeships, employee classification on state construction work, the State Board of Mediation, dementia-service coordination, and protecting minors from conversion therapy.

NASW Missouri named Keri its 2021 Elected Official of the Year, and Missouri Kids Win named her its 2022 Legislator of the Year. Keri is running for Missouri Senate District 8 because she has seen what happens when government makes hard lives harder. She believes politics should make life better, not harder, and that public service starts with listening, telling the truth, and doing the work.