Todd Young
Republican · IN · U.S. Senate
Bio
Todd Christopher Young is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Indiana, a seat he has held since 2017. From 2011 to 2017, he was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district. Young is a member of the Republican Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 15.6 years
- Chambers
- House 6y, Senate 9.6y
- First took office
- 2011 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 47 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 54
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- New Albany, IN · 812-542-4820
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Indianapolis, IN · 317-226-6700
- Valparaiso, IN · 219-747-7780
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $2k – $30k
- Liabilities
- $265k – $550k
- Net worth
- −$548k – −$235k
- Since 2018
- +$343k
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Todd Young's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Todd Young (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Youngsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 21 members
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Financecenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurshipcenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Young's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
ABC’s Jon Karl Grills GOP Senator for Failing to Defend Mark Kelly Against Trump’s Claims of ‘Sedition’ — While Sitting Right Next to KellyIn a stunning moment on ABC's This Week, Jon Karl pressed Sen. Todd Young on why he didn't publicly defend Mark Kelly when Trump accused him of "sedition." The post ABC’s Jon Karl Grills GOP Senator for Failing to Defend Mark Kelly Against Trump’s Claims of ‘…
Mediaite · June 28, 2026- College sports wants Congress’ help. Why Indiana Sen. Todd Young voted against bill
Indiana Sen. Todd Young’s vote against the Protect College Sports Act carried significance in the state, though it was approved at the committee level.
The Indianapolis Star · June 18, 2026 
Not Even Republicans Buy Pete Hegseth’s Claim on Legality of Iran WarSome Republican lawmakers aren’t buying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s excuse to skirt congressional authorization for Donald Trump’s war in Iran.The War Powers Act Resolution of 1973 states that the president can deploy armed forces in a hostile environmen…
The New Republic · May 1, 2026
Republicans groan to WSJ as Trump poised to defy CongressA group of Republicans sounded off to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday after a Trump administration official hinted that they are considering avoiding Congress on yet another issue. Under the War Powers Act, the president must notify Congress of a military…
Raw Story · May 1, 2026
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