Dennis L. Riley | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 4th Legislative District |
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In office January 8, 1980 – January 9, 1990 Serving with Daniel Dalton and Anthony S. Marsella |
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Preceded by | Francis J. Gorman and Kenneth A. Gewertz |
Succeeded by | Ann A. Mullen |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ottawa, Illinois |
September 13, 1945
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Gloucester Township, New Jersey |
Alma mater |
Xavier University University of Cincinnati Rutgers School of Law–Camden |
Dennis L. Riley (born September 13, 1945) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 4th Legislative District from 1980 to 1990.
Born in Ottawa, Illinois on September 13, 1945, Riley was educated on the undergraduate level at Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati, graduating in 1972 from the Rutgers School of Law–Camden. As a practicing lawyer, Riley was a partner at Riley and DiCamillo. In addition to serving as an assistant counsel to Camden County, Riley has represented zoning, planning and rent control boards or served as prosecutor in the municipalities of Chesilhurst, Clementon, Lindenwold and Winslow Township across Camden County. He had been appointed to serve on the planning board in Gloucester Township, New Jersey.
He had a son, born in 1979.
In 1979, James Florio, then a Congressman, encouraged Daniel Dalton and Riley to run in the June primary under the label of the "Florio Democratic Team" against three-term incumbents Kenneth A. Gewertz and Francis J. Gorman, who had the support of Angelo Errichetti and the Camden County Democratic Organization. Dalton (with 31.3% of the vote) and Riley (with 28.3%) won the two ballot spots in the primary balloting.