1. Donald Riegle served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the US Congress.
10 Facts About Donald Riegle
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Donald Riegle was employed by IBM as a financial analyst from 1961 to 1964.
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Donald Riegle completed required course work for doctoral studies in business and government relations at Harvard Business School, 1964 to 1966 before he left to run for Congress.
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Donald Riegle was then 28 years old and considered to be a moderate Republican.
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In 1973, Donald Riegle changed party affiliation to become a Democrat over differences with the Nixon-Agnew Administration regarding the Vietnam War and the "Southern strategy".
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Donald Riegle was elected to the United States Senate in 1976 over Republican Marvin Esch.
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On December 30,1976, before Donald Riegle's term was set to begin, he was appointed early by Governor William Milliken due to the death of Senator Hart for the term ending January 3,1977.
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Donald Riegle was reelected to the Senate in 1982 and again in 1988.
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Chairman Donald Riegle led the effort to create a system of community development banks.
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Donald Riegle endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in both 2016 and 2020.