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Don Young

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (June 9, 1933-March 18, 2022)
    Born in Meridian, California
    US Representative from Alaska (1973-March 2022)
    Republican

Why he might be annoying:

    He said he stuffed a 2005 federal highway bill ‘like a turkey’ with $1 billion in pork barrel projects for Alaska.
    In a display of ego, he had one of these projects – a $200 million dollar bridge connecting Anchorage to a barely habitable piece of marshland – named ‘Don Young Way.’
    When John McCain suggested cutting some of this pork so the money could be used to rebuild New Orleans, he replied that Hurricane Katrina victims ‘can kiss my ear.’
    He said environmentalists are ‘not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.’
    During a debate about Alaskan natives hunting endangered species, he whipped out an 18-inch penis bone of a walrus and waved it about on the House floor.
    During a hearing on banning leg-hold traps, animal rights activist Cleveland Amory punctuated his points by setting off a trap with a pencil,
    Young then stuck his hand in the trap, which snapped shut on it, and proceeded to question a witness as if nothing unusual had happened.
    He later admitted to a staffer, ‘I never told anyone but it hurt like hell.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    His home at Fort Yukon, Alaska, is located 7 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
    He has been married to his wife Lu for over 40 years.
    Before entering politics, he was a tugboat captain and taught at a Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary school during the winter.
    He wields so much influence in the House that he is dubbed ‘Alaska’s third senator.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 313 Votes: 45.69% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 114 Votes: 50.88% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 112 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 111 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 67 Votes: 53.73% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 141 Votes: 50.35% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 52 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 185 Votes: 49.19% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 68.89% Annoying