Don Young, who has been Alaska’s only US Representative in the House for *47 years*, is up for reelection in November. Here's why his opponent, @AlyseGalvin, deserves national attention this election season
Most recently, Don Young skipped a vote to provide Americans with paid leave and COVID testing but found time to go to an NRA fundraiser:

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-alaska-don-young-relief-vote-nra-1493163
Young has used racist slurs to describe migrant farm workers:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/don-young-wetbacks_n_2976351?ref=topbar&guccounter=1
he's been blatantly homophobic in talking about cutting funding for the arts

https://www.adn.com/politics/article/don-youngs-history-pissing-americans-predates-watergate/2013/03/30/
he's been the subject of *at least* 2 investigations around corruption and self-serving practices including using campaign funds for personal use

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/watchdog-targets-hills-most-corrupt-096980
this guy literally pinned the Speaker of the House against a wall and held a knife to his throat to defend some of this corrupt earmark spending.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/357743-gop-lawmaker-once-held-a-knife-to-boehners-throat
He thinks the BP oil spill wasn’t “an environmental disaster” but a “natural phenomena” as “oil has seeped into this ocean for centuries"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/don-young-gulf-oil-spill-environmental-disaster_n_599392
Don Young said that Alaska’s high suicide rate may be attributable to government spending: “This suicide problem didn’t exist until we got largesse from the government” and “a society that coddles people” https://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/don-young-suicide-government-handouts-112131
Alyse Galvin is a steadfast advocate for public education, doesn't take corporate PAC money, and could use your help! Here are some easy ways to volunteer and contribute that would really help her campaign: https://www.alyse4alaska.com/volunteer 
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