Todd Young Quotes
It's not often that a United States Senate seat comes open.
Young, Todd. "Public Statements." Vote Smart, 2015.
on the University of California campus before he became Chancellor
Harriman was the senior Democratic leader of the era. Every aspiring Democratic politician would make it his business to get to meet Harriman and try and get his endorsement. However, Carter was not a typical politician and when he decided to run for the Presidency, he had not even met many of the leading Democratic Party leaders. Harriman, a man of the old school, could not believe that anyone in the party who he did not know could possibly have the connections and the sophistication to win the presidency. However, Watergate had seared the American political soul and voters were not looking for a veteran, sophisticated politician. Nixon had been that.
Todd Christopher Young is an American lawyer, veteran, and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Indiana 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. He was elected to the United States Senate in the November 8, 2016, general election, succeeding retiring Republican Dan Coats. From 2019 to 2021, he served as the Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.