Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Don Young
Don Young was a Republican U.S. representative from Alaska, first elected to Congress in 1973, who voted with most Republicans on 87% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 13 bills that became law (113th–117th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 443 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer ActDec 30, 2022 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 490.
- H.R. 442 Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer ActDec 30, 2022 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 489.
- H.R. 681 For the relief of Rebecca Trimble.Dec 27, 2022 · Became Private Law No: 117-1.
- H.R. 441 Don Young Alaska Native Health Care Land Transfers Act of 2022Dec 27, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-266.
- H.R. 3128 American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act of 2021Dec 14, 2022 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 458.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3 (109th) SAFETEA-LUBecame law
- H.R. 5157 (107th) To amend section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to allow transit systems in urbanized areas that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 in population…Became law
- H.R. 3609 (107th) Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 588 (113th) Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013Became law
- H.R. 3671 (106th) Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 5782 (109th) Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006Became law
- H.R. 1240 (116th) Young Fishermen's Development ActBecame law
- H.R. 5483 (109th) Railroad Retirement Disability Earnings ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Young has won
Rep. Young has won 23 U.S. House elections (1976–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.8 to 57.2 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Alaska done while Rep. Young served?
2005 to 2021 in Alaska: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.6 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Alaska during Young’s time representing it (1973 to 2022). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Alaska begin in 2005, so 1973 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 51 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 51 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 49 | See the 49 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 7 | See the 7 → |
| With a committee report listed | 8 | See the 8 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.