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Don Young

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 9, 1933 in Meridian, CA
Died: March 18, 2022 in a plane en route to Alaska

Education:

  • Yuba Junior College, A.A., 1952
  • Cal State-Chico, B.A., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1955-1957

Career:

  • School teacher, 1960-1968
  • Riverboat captain, 1968-1972

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Fort Yukon (AK), 1960-1968
  • AK House, 1966-1970
  • AK Senate, 1970-1973


Election Results for Don Young


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 39 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 13,958 83.8%
1972 39 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 2 41,750 43.8%
1973 40 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Special 1 35,044 51.4%
1974 41 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 40,136 100.0%
1974 41 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 51,641 53.8%
1976 43 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 31,956 100.0%
1976 43 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 83,722 70.8%
1978 45 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 62,689 100.0%
1978 45 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 68,811 55.4%
1980 47 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 68,920 100.0%
1980 47 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 114,089 73.8%
1982 49 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 95,313 100.0%
1982 49 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 128,274 70.8%
1984 51 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 52,175 100.0%
1984 51 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 113,582 55.0%
1986 53 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 86,021 91.6%
1986 53 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 101,799 56.5%
1988 55 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 62,803 91.0%
1988 55 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 120,595 62.5%
1990 57 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 78,594 82.6%
1990 57 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 99,003 51.7%
1992 59 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 24,869 53.0%
1992 59 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 111,849 46.8%
1994 61 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 41,490 100.0%
1994 61 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 118,537 56.9%
1996 63 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 70,002 89.3%
1996 63 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 138,834 59.4%
1998 65 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 65,987 89.9%
1998 65 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 139,676 62.6%
2000 67 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 33,792 100.0%
2000 67 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 190,862 69.6%
2002 69 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 65,353 100.0%
2002 69 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 169,685 74.5%
2004 71 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 70,142 100.0%
2004 71 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 213,216 71.1%
2006 73 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 81,089 100.0%
2006 73 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 132,743 56.6%
2008 75 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 48,195 45.4%
2008 75 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 158,939 50.1%
2010 77 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 74,310 70.4%
2010 77 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 175,384 69.0%
2012 79 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 58,789 78.6%
2012 79 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 185,296 63.9%
2014 81 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 79,393 74.3%
2014 81 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 142,572 51.0%
2016 83 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 38,998 71.5%
2016 83 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 155,088 50.3%
2018 85 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 49,667 70.8%
2018 85 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 149,779 53.1%
2020 87 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 51,972 76.1%
2020 87 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 192,126 54.4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Don Young


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1973 40 House 81 15 72 23 R 57 39 92 13 74
1974 41 House 64 16 59 18 R 72 19 77 11 60
1975 42 House 79 7 67 19 R 49 34 82 5* 77
1976 43 House 62 8 54 17 R 49 27 68 0 83
1977 44 House 72 10 59 20 D 39 37 75 6 76
1978 45 House 58 8 50 16 D 13 44 65 6 80
1979 46 House 65 5 59 17 D 28 49 71 17 73
1980 47 House 55 5 53 12 D 26 43 59 25 63
1981 48 House 89 1 61 14 R 67 17 76 11 91
1982 49 House 66 15 50 25 R 45 26 67 17 69
1983 50 House 78 7 57 21 R 52 34 77 21 57
1984 51 House 88 10 60 39 R 55 43 98 25 59
1985 52 House 82 18 62 32 R 51 46 94 30 58
1986 53 House 90 4 63 31 R 61 33 93 22 65
1987 54 House 81 16 58 30 R 52 37 88 18 65
1988 55 House 71 16 64 29 R 49 42 93 35 63
1989 56 House 78 17 71 21 R 70 27 92 15 77
1990 57 House 78 15 60 25 R 56 38 91 33 67
1991 58 House 86 11 66 24 R 66 26 92 10 67
1992 59 House 85 10 73 19 R 75 22 92 25 83
1993 60 House 82 2 73 15 D 42 44 87 18 85
1994 61 House 97 3 80 17 D 44 54 97 11 100
1995 62 House 89 1 85 5 D 22 65 89 6 91
1996 63 House 92 0 86 9 D 38 57 94 0 89
1997 64 House 64 4 71 6 D 21 63 73 5 86
1998 65 House 90 7 84 11 D 27 70 94 22 84
1999 66 House 85 7 D 15 81 89 11 87
2000 67 House 83 13 D 20 72 84 12 74
2001 68 House 83 2 R 72 12 81 5 91
2002 69 House 88 6 R 82 14 88 10 86
2003 70 House 83 3 R 87 7 87 5 83
2004 71 House 79 7 R 73 12 88 0 95
2005 72 House 84 8 R 74 24 90 6 83
2006 73 House 87 7 R 92 8 94 25 72
2007 74 House 68 14 R 52 33 83 35 65
2008 75 House 73 10 R 46 40 85 79 71
2009 76 House 65 26 D 39 55 90 11 75
2010 77 House 68 16 D 32 56 86 13 75
2011 78 House 76 8 D 15 74 86 35 64
2012 79 House 83 11 D 14 80 94 0 71
2013 80 House 79 10 D 20 72 87 26 43
2014 81 House 87 11 D 14 83 98 10 52
2015 82 House 81 11 D 8 82 92 5 50
2016 83 House 90 4 D 9 87 95 0 67
2017 84 House 90 7 R 94 6 97 0 68
2018 85 House 92 5 R 89 11 96 8 54
2019 86 House 83 13 R 92 4 96 11 69
2020 87 House 75 14 R 61 33 88 35 52
2021 88 House 75 15 D 22 61 92 13 54
2022 89 House 12 4 D 13 13 14 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.