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Zeldin Accepts Suffolk County GOP Nomination

News from Lee Zeldin for Congress
5/23/2008

HOLTSVILLE, NY -- Suffolk County Republican Chairman Dr. Harry Withers (right) introduces Republican Congressional Candidate Lee Zeldin (left) to thunderous applause at the annual Suffolk County Republican Committee’s nominating convention on Thursday, May 22, 2008. At the convention, the attorney and military veteran Zeldin proudly accepted the party’s nomination for the November election.

Zeldin served as an aide to State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle. The Shirley resident studied at the University at Albany, graduated from Albany Law School, and earned his commission through Army ROTC. He was a paratrooper, prosecutor and magistrate with the 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps. In the summer of 2006, he was a JAG attorney deployed to Iraq. He is currently an attorney at Raiser & Kenniff on Long Island.