SHOT: Young Claims The “3rd District Is Home” And Where He’s “Most Comfortable.” “‘I’m only in DC when I have to be there and that’s when we are in session and voting. You know the 3rd District is home and this is where I’m most comfortable. These are my people and these are my bosses.’” [KMALAND, 5/11/15]
CHASER: Young Has Spent 20 Years Working in Washington. According to his LinkedIn page, Young has worked in Washington since March of 1993, which included work as Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley’s chief of staff. [LinkedIn, accessed 5/11/15]
CHASER: Young Only Moved Back To Iowa In 2013 To Go Office-Shopping, Starting With The US Senate. “Young quit his job as Senator Chuck Grassley’s chief of staff this spring, moved to his hometown of Van Meter and has been among a crowded field of Republicans vying for the U.S. Senate seat Tom Harkin announced he wouldn’t seek to reclaim in 2014.” [Radio Iowa, 1/02/14]
CHASER: Young Expressed Shock That He Could Buy A Home In Van Meter For $70,000. “‘Did you know you can buy a four-bedroom house in Van Meter for $70,000?’ Young said.” [Des Moines Register, 5/26/13]
CHASER: Young, Late On His D.C. Property Taxes, Paid $688 In Penalties And Interest. “Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, missed a property tax payment on his Washington town house at the end of March. Young, a former aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, owns the house in the Logan Circle neighborhood northeast of the White House. It’s valued at a little more than $1.4 million.” [Omaha World-Herald, 4/24/15]
“Congressman Young opted to run in the 3rd District only after his Senate campaign flamed out – the type of maneuvering you’d expect from someone who moved to Iowa to further his political ambition,” said DCCC Communications Director Matt Thornton. “While we know he’s fond of magic tricks, this sleight of hand won’t change the fact that the latest public poll has Iowans deeply disapproving of the job Young is doing.”