Dillon oversaw a generation's worth of Nassau cases
Quick ReadDillon didn't follow the expected path of a career politician.
Photo credit: Newsday file | Nassau DA Denis Dillon marches to protest abortion. (March 24, 1990)
Denis Dillon through the years
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Denis Dillon began one of the longest public careers ever seen on Long Island as a young Democratic insurgent, elected as Nassau County district attorney in 1974 by beating a longtime Republican incumbent. By the standard political calculus, it seemed only a matter of time until Dillon sought even higher office.
When he burst onto the Long Island scene, the Nassau Republican Party, then touted...
