Pat Young was a member of the Boy Scouts of America Troop 140 and graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School in 2001, afterwards enlisting in the US Marine Corps Infantry and serving through two combat tours in Iraq as well as a humanitarian mission to Liberia.
13 Facts About Pat Young
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Pat Young fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah, during which his unit lost 21 men, including his two best friends, but received a combat promotion for actions rendered during the battle in November 2004.
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In 2011, Pat Young was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the Maryland Veterans Commission.
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In May 2013, Pat Young announced he would run for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 44B, seeking to succeed state delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, who announced a run for Maryland Senate in 2014.
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Pat Young won the Democratic primary with 22.9 percent of the vote, edging out his opponent by 34 votes and coming in second place behind incumbent state delegate Charles E Sydnor III.
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Pat Young was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 14,2015.
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Pat Young was a member of the Appropriations Committee during his entire tenure, including as the chair of the personnel oversight subcommittee from 2019 to 2022.
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In May 2021, Pat Young announced that he would not seek re-election to the House of Delegates in 2022, instead opting to run for the Baltimore County Council, seeking the seat held by outgoing councilmember Tom Quirk.
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Pat Young won the Democratic primary with 43.8 percent of the vote, and later won the general election on November 8,2022, with 63.4 percent of the vote over his opponent.
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On February 27,2025, Pat Young announced that he would run for Baltimore County Executive in 2026, seeking to succeed Kathy Klausmeier, who pledged not to run for re-election after being appointed county executive in January 2025.
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In November 2019, Pat Young endorsed South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg for president.
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In January 2020, Pat Young filed to run for delegate to the Democratic National Convention, pledged to Buttigieg.
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In December 2020, Pat Young joined ShutDown DC organizers in defending Black Lives Matter Plaza from the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist and white supremacist organization that tried to make their way past police lines and into the plaza throughout the day.