Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
David Young
David Young was a Republican U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (114th–115th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 1066 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions should be retained in law regardless of…Sep 13, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 6731 Restoring Our Commitment to Renewable Fuels Act of 2018Sep 7, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 2600 To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and…Aug 15, 2018 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
- H.R. 6034 Palestinian Authority Educational Curriculum Transparency ActJun 7, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 2905 Justice for Victims of IRS Scams and Identity Theft Act of 2018Apr 19, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5392 (114th) No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered ActBecame law
- H.R. 1238 (115th) Securing our Agriculture and Food ActBecame law
- H.R. 2566 (114th) Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5346 (114th) Securing our Agriculture and Food ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 460 (115th) Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1734 (115th) Access Technology Affordability Act of 201787 cosponsors
- H.R. 3845 (114th) Crop Insurance Restoration Act35 cosponsors
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 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.5 to 13.7 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 Iowa’s 3rd district done while Rep. Young served?
2015 to 2018 in IA-3: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.7 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.1 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. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Iowa’s 3rd district during Young’s time representing it (2015 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. IA-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Young’s term so far (2015 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 17 | See the 17 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.