Todd Young
Todd Young | |
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United States Senator from Indiana Elect | |
Taking office January 3, 2017 | |
Succeeding | Dan Coats |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 9th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Baron Hill |
Succeeded by | Trey Hollingsworth (Elect) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Todd Christopher Young August 24, 1972 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Jennifer Young |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater |
United States Naval Academy (BS) University of Chicago (MBA) University of London (MA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD) |
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Allegiance |
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Years of service | 1995–2000 |
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Todd Christopher Young (born August 24, 1972) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. On November 8, 2016, Young was elected to the United States Senate in the general election.
Early life
Young was born August 24, 1972 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the second of three children of Nancy R. (née Pierce) and Bruce H. Young.[1] He lived in Marion County, Indiana for several years before settling in Hamilton County, Indiana, where he attended public schools and won a state soccer championship.[2] In 1990, Young graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana.[3]
Military career
Just a few weeks after graduating high school, Young enlisted in the United States Navy and reported for duty in Newport, Rhode Island. In May 1991, he received an appointment from the Secretary of the Navy to attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where his classmates elected him a class officer and he earned a varsity letter as a member of Navy's NCAA Division I soccer team. He graduated cum laude in 1995,[4] earning a B.S. in political science, and accepted a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Upon graduating from Annapolis, Young trained for six months as a rifle platoon commander at the Basic School in Quantico, Virginia where he qualified as an expert rifleman. In 1996, he completed the Naval Intelligence Officer Basic Course in Dam Neck, Virginia and was entrusted with a Top Secret security clearance. Young then led the intelligence department of VMU-2, an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron based in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where he participated in various military operations, including counter-narcotics activities in the Caribbean, and was trained in Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection.
In 1998, Young was transferred to Chicago, where he managed all Marine Corps officer recruiting operations in the greater Chicago and northwest Indiana region. Meanwhile, he attended night school at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, earning an MBA.
Post-military career
Young was honorably discharged from active duty in 2000 as a US Marine Captain. After leaving active duty, Young spent a year in London, attending the University of London's Institute of United States Studies. After writing a thesis on the economic history of Midwestern agriculture, in 2001 Young received his MA in American politics.[5]
In the summer of 2001, Young traveled to former Communist countries in Eastern Europe where he studied the transition from centrally-planned economies to free markets through an executive education program with the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, the first private business school in eastern Germany. He worked as an adjunct professor of public affairs at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and attended law school at night.[6] In 2004, he joined Indiana-based Crowe Chizek and Company as a management consultant, helping state and local government clients improve service delivery to Indiana citizens.
In 2006, Young earned his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where he was President of the school's Federalist Society chapter. He joined Paoli, Indiana-based Tucker and Tucker, P.C. upon graduation.[6] Young is a member of the 2007 class of the Indiana Leadership Forum.[7] Since 2007, Young has also served as a part-time Deputy Prosecutor for Orange County, Indiana. In 2008, Young's peers elected him president of the Orange County Bar Association.
Early political career
In 2001, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he briefly worked at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think-tank. Then he joined the staff of U.S. senator Richard Lugar as a legislative assistant[8] for energy policy. In 2003, Young volunteered for Mitch Daniels' campaign for governor of Indiana. He was a delegate to the Indiana Republican state convention and as a vice precinct committeeman. In 2007, Indiana's Young Republicans named Young the "Southern Man of the Year" for his leadership on behalf of the Republican Party in southern Indiana. In 2007, Young founded a fiscal responsibility advocacy group, the National Organization for People vs. Irresponsible Government Spending.[6]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2010
On January 26, 2009, Young announced that he would run for the United States congressional seat in Indiana's 9th district as a Republican.[9][10][11]
Young competed with fellow Republicans Mike Sodrel and Travis Hankins for the party's nomination for Congress and won, challenging incumbent Democrat Baron Hill in the general election. Young received endorsements from former Vice-President Dan Quayle[12] as well as Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman, Attorney General Greg Zoeller, Secretary of State Todd Rokita, Auditor Tim Berry, and Treasurer Richard Mourdock.[11]
Young won the primary and general elections, defeating incumbent Baron Hill on November 2, 2010, and was seated in the 112th Congress in January 2011.[13]
2012
Young defeated Shelli Yoder by a 55–45% margin in the newly redrawn 9th district.[14]
Tenure
In the 112th Congress, Young voted with the Republican Party 95% of the time.[15] In July 2012, Young took over as the lead sponsor of the REINS Act, a bill that passed the House in 2011 and would require congressional approval for rules with greater than $100 million in economic impact.[16]
In the 112th Congress, Young was a member of the House Budget Committee and the House Armed Services Committee. On the latter, he focused on seapower, electronic warfare, and military grand strategy of the United States. During the first session of the 112th Congress, he employed one of the German Marshall Fund's Congressional Fellows as military legislative aide.
In 2010, Young stated that he was uncertain what was causing the observed heating of the planet, that it could be caused by sunspots or normal cycles of nature, and that "the science is not settled."[17] That same year he signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.[18]
In 2011, he voted for the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.[19] In 2014, he said that it is "not necessarily the case" that there is a scientific consensus on climate change.[20]
Sponsored legislation
- Fairness for American Families Act (H
.R ) – Introduced by Young on July 11, 2013, this bill would "amend the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage."[21] The bill was proposed in response to a July 2, 2013 decision by the Obama Administration to delay the employer mandate found in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but do nothing to the individual mandate requirement.[22]. 2668
When he introduced the Fairness for American Families Act, Young argued that "rather than driving healthcare costs down, the individual mandate is imposing a new tax and burdensome costs on middle class families" and therefore "hardworking Americans deserve the same exemptions that President Obama is unilaterally granting to businesses and labor unions."[22]
- Save American Workers Act of 2013 – is a bill to amend the way in which the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare) defines full-time worker by raising the 30-hour threshold to 40 hours a week, in an effort to remove the incentive some companies may have to reduce their employees' hours in order to avoid the employer healthcare mandate.[23][24][25] Young introduced it into the House on June 28, 2013.[25]
Committee assignments
- Committee on Ways and Means
- Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
- Subcommittee on Human Resources Caucus Memberships
- Congressional Cement Caucus
2016 U.S. Senate race
Rather than run for re-election to the U.S. House, Young announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 election to fill the Senate seat of the retiring Dan Coats.[26] Also filing for the Republican primary was U.S. Representative Marlin Stutzman. Although Young was certified as having submitted enough signatures to qualify for the primary ballot, that official certification was challenged, and a tally by the Associated Press concluded that Young had fallen short.[27] The state Election Commission scheduled a hearing on the challenge for February 19, 2016.[27] The commission voted down the challenge with a 2-2 vote and Young remained on the ballot.[28]
Young easily defeated Stutzman in the May 3 primary, taking 67 percent of approximately one million votes cast and securing the Republican nomination.[29] Young was initially slated to face former U.S. Representative Baron Hill, whom Young had defeated in 2010 to win his congressional seat.
On July 11, 2016, Hill announced he was dropping out of the Senate race.[30] Hill was replaced by former U.S. Senator from Indiana Evan Bayh.[31] Young defeated Bayh in the November 8 general election, winning 52% of the vote to Bayh's 42%.[32][33]
Young's campaign benefited from about $3,000,000 of outside spending by the Koch family and approximately $2,800,000 in outside spending by the National Rifle Association.[34]
Personal life
Todd Young and Jennifer Tucker married in 2005; the couple has four children.[35] Jennifer is the niece of former Vice President Dan Quayle, whose former U.S. Senate seat Young was coincidentally elected to.
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Young | 118,138 | 52.2 | |
Democratic | Baron Hill | 95,387 | 42.2 | |
Libertarian | Greg Knott | 12,377 | 5.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Young | 165,332 | 55.4 | |
Democratic | Shelli Yoder | 132,848 | 44.6 | |
Total votes | 298,180 | 100.0 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Young | 99,810 | 63.1 | |
Democratic | Bill Bailey | 52,659 | 33.3 | |
Libertarian | Mike Frey | 5,679 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 158,148 | 100.0 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Young | 659,555 | 67% | |
Republican | Marlin Stutzman | 323,852 | 33% | |
Total votes | 983,407 | 100% | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Young | 1,423,001 | 52.1 | |
Democratic | Evan Bayh | 1,157,799 | 42.4 | |
Libertarian | Lucy Brenton | 149,365 | 5.5 | |
Total votes | 2,730,165 | 99% | ||
References
- ↑ "Todd Young ancestry". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ↑ Horn, Marissa (April 14, 2015). "Congressional soccer game puts Republicans on top". McClatchy DC. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ Swift, Fred (April 21, 2011). "CHS' Young making a name for himself". The Times. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Class Listing". Usna.com. 2001-11-09. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ Day, Garrett (October 28, 2014). "9th District: Young credits family, setbacks for political successes". The Statehouse File. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Lawyer files for 9th District run". Madison Courier. January 27, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ "ILF Alumni, Class of 2007". Indianaleadershipforum.com. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ "Todd C Young, Congressional Staffer – Salary Data". LegiStorm. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ "Ninth District Drama". Capitol Watchbolg. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ "NRCC adds 32 to Young Guns program". The Hill. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- 1 2 "Indiana poised to play major role in battle for Congress". fwdailynews.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ↑ "Quayle Picks Dold in Competitive Primary for Kirk's Seat". CQ Politics. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ "Republican Todd Young wins easily over incumbent Baron Hill", Louisville Courier-Journal; accessed November 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Central Indiana Election Results - 13 WTHR Indianapolis". Wthr.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Washington Post Votes Database". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Davis passes REINS Act to Young". Wfpl.org. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ↑ Broder, John (October 20, 2010). "Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Americans for Prosperity Applauds Indiana U.S. House Candidate Todd Young" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ↑ Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 votes, April 7, 2011; accessed November 9, 2016.
- ↑ "In their own words: Todd Young on climate change", video clip on WLKY.com, October 8, 2014.
- ↑ "H.R. 2668 – Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- 1 2 Kasperowicz, Pete. "House releases texts of health insurance mandate delays". TheHill.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ "House approves ObamaCare bill despite veto threat". Fox News. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ Kasperowicz, Pete (April 2, 2014). "House advances bill to end ObamaCare's 30-hour workweek". The Hill. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- 1 2 "H.R. 2575 – Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Todd Young enters crowded GOP primary for Dan Coats' Senate seat". Indystar.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- 1 2 Slodysko, Brian (February 11, 2016). "Two top Indiana Republicans said Thursday they were surprised U.S. Senate candidate Todd Young may have failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ↑ Cook, Tony; Schneider, Chelsea (February 19, 2016). "Todd Young survives challenges to his U.S. Senate candidacy". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ↑ Kevin Robillard (May 3, 2016). "Todd Young wins Indiana GOP Senate primary". Politico. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Baron Hill withdraws from U.S. Senate race; Evan Bayh to enter race". WTHR. July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Tom LoBianco (July 11, 2016). "First on CNN: Evan Bayh mounting Senate return". CNN.
- ↑ Gallagher, Shaun; Catanzarite, Maria (November 8, 2016). "Todd Young wins Indiana U.S. Senate seat, defeating Evan Bayh". WNDU-TV. Associated Press.
- ↑ "Indiana U.S. Senate Results: Todd Young Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ↑ "Todd Young's campaign banks heavily on outside groups".
- ↑ Groppe, Maureen (April 17, 2016). "U.S. Senate race: Todd Young, the GOP establishment candidate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Congressional Election Results". Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- 1 2 "Indiana Primary Election, May 3, 2016". Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
External links
- Congressman Todd Young official U.S. House site
- Todd Young for Senate
- Todd Young at DMOZ
- Appearances on C-SPAN
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Baron Hill |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 9th congressional district 2013–present |
Succeeded by Trey Hollingsworth Elect |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Dan Coats |
Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Indiana (Class 3) 2016 |
Most recent |
United States Senate | ||
Preceded by Dan Coats |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Indiana Elect Taking office 2017 Served alongside: Joe Donnelly |
Incumbent |
United States order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
Preceded by Kevin Yoder |
United States Representatives by seniority 291st |
Succeeded by Janice Hahn |