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Donald E. Young

Headshot known as "Don"
b. 1933-06-09 , Meridian, CA
represents AK-00
Republican, Episcopalian
Official website

Education: Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1985 BA, Teaching, Chico State University, 1958 AA, Yuba Junior College, 1952.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 132,743 (57.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $884,054 (#196)
Spent 241% (#17)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 46% (#312)
From PACs 26% (#421)

Earmarks

Requested 18 (#342)
Total cost $11,166,100 (#428)
Received 18 (#326)
Total cost $10,314,100 (#426)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,164 (#218)
Introduced 362 (#12)
Debated 171 (#1)
Enacted 56 (#2)

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#256)
Avg. length 430 words (#500)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 40% right-wing (#183)
Predictable 84% (#498)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
NAACP 71% (5/7 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 42% (6/14 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
Public Citizen 40% (4/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Retail Federation 40% (2/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 30% (4/13 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400440 (GovTrack), N00007999 (OpenSecrets), Y000033 (Congressional Bio), 14066 (ICPSR), 26717 (Vote Smart), H6AK00045 (FEC)