Michigan advisor runs for House seat
In over three decades as a financial advisor, Diane Young has answered clients’ questions about taxes and Social Security. She’s running for Congress to influence those issues.
“There I can actually impact policy changes,” said Young, managing partner at Arrowroot Family Office in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
She’s seeking the Democratic nomination in Michigan’s 10th House District in the northern suburbs of Detroit. She hopes to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. John James, who first won the seat in 2022.
A long-time Democratic fundraiser and former party candidate for state legislature and local offices, Young wants to go to Washington.
“It’s time for me to step up,” she said in an interview when she was in the capital for candidate training at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of House Democrats. “I think I have a voice to represent the working-class people in our district and I have the skill set.”
Young developed her skill set over the years as an advisor. She had to establish good relationships with her clients to know how best to help achieve their financial goals, a process similar to communicating with constituents.
“I am a true-blue financial planner,” she said. “I do that detailed fact-finder [work]. It’s all about listening.”
That mindset is one that’s missing now in Washington, Young said. Although Congress avoided a government shutdown just before Thanksgiving, dissension among House Republicans has stymied long-term appropriations bills. Political tension recently led to a physical altercation in the House and threats of violence at a Senate hearing.
“On every board that I’ve been on – and I’ve served on many boards – I’m a very calm, cool, collected leader
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