Coleman Young II

Coleman Alexander Young II (born October 18, 1982) is a Democratic politician who is a current member of the Detroit City Council and a former member of the Michigan Senate.

In the Michigan Senate, he represented the 1st district, which included the municipalities of Ecorse, Gibraltar, River Rouge, Riverview, Trenton, Woodhaven, Wyandotte and a portion of Detroit.

He served as the vice chair of the Local Government and Elections Committee, General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, Judiciary Appropriations Subcommittee, Licensing And Regulatory Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee and Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee.

Young also sat on the Appropriations Committee and Insurance Committee.

He previously served as the vice chair of the Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Committee and Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee, as well as having previously served on the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Education Committee and Energy and Technology Committee.

He was born Joel Loving, and raised in California, his father denying his existence until a paternity suit in 1989.

Young says that the move and name change were due to death threats against his father.

Later, Young, Sr. had Michigan courts restore Young's name to match his baptismal records.

In 1995, a new birth certificate was issued bearing the name Coleman A. Young Jr. Young says he received a phone call from his father at the age of twelve wherein his father asked him to carry on the Coleman Young name and legacy.

In 2005, Young returned to Detroit, where he currently resides.

He is a member of St. Paul Church of God in Christ.

Since July 2005, Young has hosted The "Young Effect," a weekly talk show broadcast Sunday evenings, on WHPR (Channel 91 Comcast) and simulcast on 88.1 FM. The show is a live, uncensored, call-in show.

Each week Young covers community issues and provides updates on activities at the Capitol.

He follows the broadcast show with a thirty-minute Town Hall Meeting on his Facebook page.

Young graduated from P.A.L. Charter Academy High School in San Bernardino, California.

After graduating High School, he enrolled at Azusa Pacific University, a private Christian college in Azusa, California.

In 2005, Young transferred to Wayne State University, to complete his Bachelor of Arts in communications.

In 2005, Young worked as an intern for Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson.

He has also worked for the Detroit City Council Research & Analysis Division.

In the 2006 Primary Election, Young ran to fill a vacancy in the 4th District of Michigan's House of Representatives.

He led a field of sixteen candidates to win the Democratic nomination.

Young defeated Republican Scott Withington with over 93 percent of the vote in the general election.

From 2007 to 2010, Young served as the representative in the 4th District of the Michigan House of Representatives.

The 4th District was composed of the Lower East Side of Detroit, including a portion of Downtown and Midtown.

During his time in the House, Young served as the vice chair of the Insurance Committee and sat on the Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs Committee, Labor Committee and Transportation Committee.

In his 2008 re-election, Young won the primary with over 70 percent of the vote.

He was unopposed in the general election.

Young unsuccessfully ran in both the 2009 Detroit mayoral special election and the 2017 Detroit mayoral election, being the runner-up in the latter.

Young unsuccessfully ran in the 2009 Detroit mayoral special election.

Young won election to the Michigan State Senate in 2010.

In the August Primary Election, he bested former Michigan House member Mary D. Waters.

In the November General Election, he defeated Republican Dakeisha Harwick.

From 2011 to 2014, Young served as the Senate Assistant Minority Caucus Chair and also served as the Senate Assistant Minority Floor Leader.

In 2018, Young ran to represent Michigan's 13th U.S. Congressional district.

The seat was vacant, due to the resignation of John Conyers.

Young lost the primary to Rashida Tlaib, who won the general election.

In 2022, Young was elected to the Detroit City Council.

Coleman Young II was born in Royal Oak, Michigan.

He is the only son of former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and former Assistant Public Works Director Annivory Calvert.

As of 2018, Young attends Wayne State as a part-time student.