1. Todd Christopher Young was born on August 24,1972 and is an American politician, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran serving as the senior United States senator from Indiana, a seat he has held since 2017.
55 Facts About Todd Young
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Todd Young was elected to the United States Senate in the November 8,2016, general election, succeeding retiring Republican Dan Coats.
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Todd Young lived in Marion County, Indiana, for several years before settling in Hamilton County, Indiana, where he attended public schools and won a state soccer championship.
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In 1990, Todd Young graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana.
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Todd Young then led the intelligence department of VMU-2, an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron based in Cherry Point, North Carolina.
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In 2000, while stationed in the Chicago area, Todd Young earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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Todd Young was honorably discharged from active duty in 2000 as a US Marine Captain.
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Todd Young worked as an adjunct professor of public affairs at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and attended law school at night.
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In 2006, Young earned his JD from the Indiana University Robert H McKinney School of Law, where he was president of the school's Federalist Society chapter.
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Todd Young is a member of the 2007 class of the Indiana Leadership Forum.
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In 2001, Todd Young moved to Washington, DC, where he briefly worked at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
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In 2003, Todd Young volunteered for Mitch Daniels's campaign for governor of Indiana.
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Todd Young was a delegate to the Indiana Republican state convention.
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From 2007 to 2010, Todd Young served as Assistant Deputy Prosecutor for Orange County, Indiana.
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In 2007, Todd Young founded a fiscal responsibility advocacy group, the National Organization for People vs Irresponsible Government Spending.
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On January 26,2009, Todd Young announced that he would run for the United States congressional seat in Indiana's 9th district as a Republican.
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Todd Young competed with fellow Republicans Mike Sodrel and Travis Hankins for the party's nomination for Congress and won, challenging incumbent Democrat Baron Hill in the general election.
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Todd Young won the primary and general elections, defeating Hill, and was seated in the 112th Congress in January 2011.
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Todd Young is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership, along with three other Republican senators.
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In 2010, Todd Young said he was uncertain what was causing the observed heating of the planet, that it could be sunspots or normal cycles of nature, and that "the science is not settled".
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Rather than run for reelection to the House, Todd Young announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 election to fill the Senate seat of the retiring Dan Coats.
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Todd Young was initially slated to face former US Representative Baron Hill, whom Young had defeated in 2010 to win his congressional seat, but on July 11, Hill announced he was dropping out of the Senate race.
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Todd Young was reelected in 2022, defeating Democratic nominee Thomas McDermott Jr.
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On January 3,2017, Todd Young was sworn into the United States Senate in the 115th Congress by Vice President Joe Biden.
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Todd Young was ranked the ninth-most bipartisan senator in the first session of the 115th Congress by the Bipartisan Index, a metric created by the Lugar Center and Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy to assess congressional bipartisanship.
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GovTrack noted that during the same period, Todd Young joined more bipartisan bills than any other freshman senator.
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Todd Young planned to vote in support of certifying the Electoral College count on January 6,2021.
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Todd Young said he supported efforts to create a bipartisan "Election Integrity Committee" to review the 2020 presidential election.
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Todd Young was asked why he would vote to support the count, claiming voter fraud.
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Todd Young was participating in the count when the storming of the Capitol happened.
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In 2022, Todd Young cosponsored, with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the CHIPS and Science Act, a $280 billion bill intended to promote basic and advanced technology research and development, with a focus on the American semiconductor industry, aiming to outcompete China in technological fields in the coming years.
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Todd Young had been involved in stalled efforts along similar lines on a bill known as United States Innovation and Competition Act in 2021.
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Since the start of the 118th Congress in January 2023, Todd Young has occupied the Senate Candy Desk, replacing retired Senator Pat Toomey.
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Todd Young is a member of Republican Main Street Partnership, a group that presents what it describes as centrist Republican solutions in politics; it is considered a center to center-right Republican organization.
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Todd Young has endorsed the American Compass Rebuilding American Capitalism: A Handbook for Conservative Policymakers, a policy document and think tank associated with and endorsed by other Republican figures, including Senators JD Vance, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton, and Marco Rubio.
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Todd Young later presented a forum on Capitol Hill among these other supporters.
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In March 2024, Todd Young announced that he would not endorse Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.
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Todd Young believes that employers with religious objections should not be required to provide birth control to their female employees.
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Todd Young was a co-sponsor of legislation to defund Planned Parenthood and voted to prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Todd Young voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in June 2022.
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Todd Young opposes the DREAM Act and a pathway to citizenship for the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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Todd Young has said he wants an immigration system based on merit and job skills.
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Todd Young believes same-sex marriage should be left to the states to decide.
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Todd Young said that he supports the current policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.
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Todd Young was one of 30 Republicans who voted for an amendment to prohibit discrimination by federal contractors, but voted against a similar amendment in a military spending bill.
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On October 6,2018, Todd Young voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.
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In March 2019, Todd Young was one of 12 senators to cosponsor a resolution that would impose a constitutional amendment limiting the Supreme Court to nine justices.
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In July 2017, Todd Young voted in favor of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which placed sanctions against Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
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Todd Young supported an Anti-Boycott Act, which would make it illegal for US companies to engage in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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In February 2019, Todd Young was one of seven senators to reintroduce legislation requiring sanctions on Saudi officials involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and seeking to address support for the Yemen civil war through prohibiting some weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and US military refueling of Saudi coalition planes.
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In June 2019, Todd Young was one of seven Republicans to vote to block Trump's Saudi arms deal providing weapons to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, and one of six Republicans to vote against an additional 20 arms sales.
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In 2021, Todd Young introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Tim Kaine that would repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations of war, which have been used by the executive to wage prolonged conflict in the Middle-East without congressional approval.
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Todd Young met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen, senior leaders, and private sector representatives to discuss US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, and other significant issues of mutual interest.
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On May 28,2021, Todd Young voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
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In 2005 Todd Young married Jennifer Tucker, niece of former vice president Dan Quayle.