Former representative · Alaska (at large)

Don Young

Don Young served in Congress from 1973 to 2022, last as a Republican representative for Alaska (at large). In the 117th Congress, 530 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 43, and cast 247 of 300 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Mar 6, 1973
Last term ended
Mar 18, 2022
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
117th CongressHouse of Representatives5308.1%43 of 530 · rank 19 of 44382%247 of 300 · rank 437 of 443513 became law59%167 of 283

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 117th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.28+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 963: FAIR Act of 2022Nay
    Mar 17, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 184–246· Against party
  2. H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022Yea
    Mar 9, 2022· House· Passage· On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt (Remaining Divisions)· Passed 260–171· Against party
  3. H.R. 3967: Honoring our PACT Act of 2022Yea
    Mar 3, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 256–174· Against party
  4. H.R. 2116: Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022Yea
    Feb 28, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 235–188· Against party
  5. H.R. 2842: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, California, as the "Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building".Yea
    Feb 9, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 245–167· Against party
  6. H.R. 6617: Further Additional Extending Government Funding ActYea
    Feb 8, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 272–162· Against party
  7. H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Nay
    Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 196–235· Against party
  8. H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Yea
    Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 262–168· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 2116: Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022Not voting
    Mar 18, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–189
  2. H.R. 963: FAIR Act of 2022Nay
    Mar 17, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 222–209
  3. H.R. 963: FAIR Act of 2022Nay
    Mar 17, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 184–246· Against party
  4. H.R. 7108: Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus ActYea
    Mar 17, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 424–8
  5. H.R. 6434: Japanese American World War II History Network ActYea
    Mar 16, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 406–16
  6. H.R. 4380: To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, and for other purposes.Yea
    Mar 16, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 403–25
  7. H.R. 3197: Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021Yea
    Mar 16, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 422–4
  8. H.R. 5001: Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery ActYea
    Mar 15, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 397–27
  9. H.R. 3113: Modernizing Access to Our Public Land ActNot voting
    Mar 15, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 414–9
  10. H.R. 6968: Ending Importation of Russian Oil ActYea
    Mar 9, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 414–17
  11. H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022Yea
    Mar 9, 2022· House· Passage· On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt (Remaining Divisions)· Passed 260–171· Against party
  12. H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022Yea
    Mar 9, 2022· House· Passage· On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt (Divisions B,C,F,X,Z, titles 2&3 of Division N)· Passed 361–69

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

51 sponsored · 3 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4282%
  2. Reported by committee47.8%
  3. Passed one chamber23.9%
  4. Became law35.9%

Policy areas

  1. Native Americans15
  2. Public Lands and Natural Resources9
  3. Agriculture and Food5
  4. Transportation and Public Works5
  5. Taxation4
  6. Energy2
  7. Environmental Protection2
  8. Animals1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 443 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act
    Reported by committee· Native Americans· Dec 30, 2022
  2. H.R. 442 Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act
    Reported by committee· Native Americans· Dec 30, 2022
  3. H.R. 681 For the relief of Rebecca Trimble.
    Became law· Dec 27, 2022
  4. H.R. 441 Don Young Alaska Native Health Care Land Transfers Act of 2022
    Became law· Native Americans· Dec 27, 2022
  5. H.R. 3128 American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act of 2021
    Reported by committee· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Dec 14, 2022
  6. H.R. 783 Summer Meals Act of 2021
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 29, 2022
  7. H.R. 5549 Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act
    Introduced· Native Americans· Jul 28, 2022
  8. H.R. 3231 Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
    Introduced· Native Americans· Jul 20, 2022

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Alaska (at large) by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Contract money is attributed to districts from the 118th Congress boundaries onward; this member's last district predates them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2022 cycle

Raised
$667.3K
through Dec 31, 2022
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$246K
89 committees
From contractor PACs
$36K
15 PACs · 15% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2022

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee$5,000LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.3B
granite construction inc.granite construction inc. employee pac - granitepac$5,000GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY GUAMAI match · 97% · the same organization$244K
fedex corporationfedex corporation political action committee$4,500FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$407.8M
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$2,500CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac)$2,500GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$652.9M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$2,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
exxon mobil corporationexxon mobil corporation political action committee (exxonmobil pac)$2,500EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
gannett fleming, inc.gannett fleming, inc pac$2,500GANNETT FLEMING, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization—
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service inc. pac$2,000UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
aecomaecom pac$2,000AECOM SERVICES, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.8M

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 2021 – Mar 18, 2022
  2. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  5. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  6. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  7. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  8. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  9. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  10. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  11. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  12. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  13. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  14. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  15. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  16. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993
  17. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1991
  18. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989
  19. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1987
  20. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 1985
  21. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 3, 1983
  22. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 3, 1981
  23. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979
  24. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 3, 1977
  25. House · Alaska (at large)Mar 6, 1973 – Jan 3, 1975

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.