Young was in re-election mode, running to retain his seat as he had done 24 times before. Young was his usual self onboard the first of three flights, from DCA to LAX: boisterous and chatty with the passengers and crew. Don Young was headed from his expansive office on Capitol Hill - where the walls are adorned with vintage firearms and the pelt of a grizzly bear that Young claimed to have strangled with his own hands - to America's biggest congressional district, encompassing all of Alaska, which is larger than Texas, Montana and California combined. ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On March 18, Republican Rep.
