Damrow graduated from the Nashville Auctioneering Institute and Spec's Howard School of Broadcast Arts.
[1] On January 16, 1985, Damrow made a delayed enlistment into the Air Force Reserve Command in Detroit.
On October 6, 1986, Damrow enlisted into the California Air National Guard, where he was honorably discharged from on September 2, 1987.
On January 19, 2006, Damrow was placed on the Temporary Disability Retirement List due to the injuries he had received from the car accident.
The complaint implicated many Huron County officials, including judges, attorneys, road commissioners, and the sheriff, Kelly J. Hanson, in several illegal activities.
Leyton ultimately found that there was "not sufficient evidence to sustain a prosecution of a charge of false report of a crime.
[2] On November 29, 2011, Damrow resigned as chairman of the House Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee.
[6] On August 7, 2012, Damrow was defeated in the primary during his attempt at re-election by Dan Grimshaw of Vassar, Michigan.
[12] After redistricting, Damrow ran for the state house again in the 98th district in 2022, but was defeated in the August 2 primary by former Sanilac County drain commissioner Greg Alexander.