John Young is an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He serves as a Republican member for the 47th district of the

Indiana House of Representatives The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House memb ...

. Young was educated at Indiana Creek High School,

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and

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. In 2016 he was elected for the 47th district of the

, assuming office on November 9, 2016. In May 2022, Young lost his renomination bid for the State House to Robb Greene.https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/only-small-handful-of-statehouse-incumbents-lose-in-indiana-primary

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