Leon Young

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Leon Young

Young in 2009
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 16th district
In office 1993 – Present
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-04) July 4, 1967 Los Angeles, California
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Occupation	former police officer

Leon D. Young (born July 4, 1967) is a former police officer who has been a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 16th Assembly District, since his 1992 election.

Gaining office

In 1992, his aunt, incumbent Marcia P. Coggs, waited until just hours before the deadline for filing nomination papers to announce her retirement. Only one potential competitor had time to file nomination papers, since no challengers had planned to file against Coggs for the Democratic nomination (tantamount to election in this heavily-African-American, reliably Democratic district).^[1] (Wisconsin's statutes have been changed to prevent such a surprise being repeated.^[2]) Young was elected to his aunt’s seat and has been re-elected ever since.

References

External links

Wisconsin Assembly - Representative Leon D. Young official government website

Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
Map of the 16th district as created by the Federal Court Redistricting Decision dated May 22, 2002, effective as of May 30, 2002
Follow the Money - Leon D. Young
- 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 campaign contributions
Campaign 2008 campaign contributions at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Leon Young Faces Three Challengers in the 16th District Lisa Kaiser, Express.com, August 20, 2008
Eisen, Marc. "In Dubious Battle: WORST LEGISLATORS." "An inevitable bottom-dweller in Milwaukee Magazine’s periodic legislative surveys, Young, 41, remains the worst of the worst after 16 years in the Assembly." Milwaukee Magazine, January 2009
Kane, Eugene. "Rep. Leon Young hasn’t taken visible stance on many issues" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept 11, 2008

Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

101st Wisconsin Legislature (2013-2015)

Speaker of the Assembly: Robin Vos (R)
Speaker pro tempore: Bill Kramer (R)
Majority Leader: Scott Suder (R)
Minority Leader: Peter W. Barca (D)

Garey Bies (R)
Andre Jacque (R)
Al Ott (R)
Chad Weininger (R)
Jim Steineke (R)
Gary Tauchen (R)
Daniel Riemer (D)
JoCasta Zamarripa (D)
Josh Zepnick (D)
Sandy Pasch (D)
Mandela Barnes (D)
Fred Kessler (D)
Rob Hutton (R)
Dale P. Kooyenga (R)
Joe Sanfelippo (R)
Leon Young (D)
La Tonya Johnson (D)
Evan Goyke (D)
Jon Richards (D)
Christine Sinicki (D)
Jessie Rodriguez (R)
Don Pridemore (R)
Jim Ott (R)
Dan Knodl (R)
Paul Tittl (R)

Mike Endsley (R)
Steve Kestell (R)
Erik Severson (R)
John Murtha (R)
Dean Knudson (R)
Amy Loudenbeck (R)
Tyler August (R)
Stephen Nass (R)
Rob Swearingen (R)
Mary Czaja (R)
Jeffrey Mursau (R)
John Jagler (R)
Joel Kleefisch (R)
Mark Born (R)
Kevin David Petersen (R)
Joan Ballweg (R)
Keith Ripp (R)
Andy Jorgensen (D)
Debra Kolste (D)
Janis Ringhand (D)
Gary Hebl (D)
Robb Kahl (D)
Melissa Sargent (D)
Travis Tranel (R)
Edward Brooks (R)

Chris Taylor (D)
Terese Berceau (D)
Brett Hulsey (D)
Dianne Hesselbein (D)
Sondy Pope-Roberts (D)
Fred Clark (D)
Ken Skowronski (R)
David Craig (R)
Mike Kuglitsch (R)
Mandy Wright (D)
John Spiros (R)
Mary Williams (R)
John Klenke (R)
John Nygren (R)
Eric Genrich (D)
Dana Wachs (D)
Chris Danou (D)
Warren Petryk (R)
Steve Doyle (D)
Jill Billings (D)
Lee Nerison (R)
Bill Kramer (R)
Adam Neylon (R)
Chris Kapenga (R)

Persondata
Name	Young, Leon
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 4, 1967
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death
Place of death

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