Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer
Supervisor Edwin D. Reilly Jr. has taken on Goliaths in his 20-year political career, and toppled some of those giants: the state computer system, Erastus Corning and, most recently, constituents who have decried the town's revaluation.
Reilly's very introduction to politics in 1969 was against the odds when he became the first Democrat ever elected in Niskayuna. He kept the seat for 10 years, then returned to the supervisor's office in May 1989 when he was appointed to fill the vacant post. He won his sixth term as supervisor in November.
There's a reason Reilly has nine political lives. "I've always liked to …
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