He was elected to the Michigan Legislature in the 1974 election. He most recently served as Minority Vice Chairman of the Michigan House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. On the Appropriations Committee he also served as Vice Chairman of the Higher Education and the Consumer and Industry Services Subcommittees. Don has been a member of the Interstate Migrant Education Council since 1985. He also has been a member of the Department of Educations Michigan School Finance Commission. the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Special Committee on Property Tax and School Finance. and the House Republican Task Force on Property Tax and School Finance Reform. In April of 1993.