Denenberg drops challenge to King (NY-03)

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BY RICK BRAND
STAFF WRITER; Staff writer J. Jioni Palmer contributed to this story.

May 10, 2006

Only two days after launching his congressional run, Nassau Legis. David Denenberg (D-Merrick) last night pulled the plug on his campaign against Republican Rep. Peter King, citing his inability to raise enough money and his need for a throat operation this summer.

Denenberg made the surprise announcement before nearly 60 members of the Bellmore-Merrick Democratic Club at Temple Beth Am in Merrick last night.

"It's a race that requires a 200 percent effort and at this point I'm afraid I don't have the ability to do that," he said prior to the meeting.

Denenberg told the audience he has polyps on his throat, which will require him to not speak for nearly a month. He added that the ailment is not serious but that surgery is needed.
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