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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Adam Brecht, a former Wall Street public relations executive, has become the first candidate to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's re-election bid next year.

Sen. Hillary Clinton is "abusing the system" -- using New York State voters as a springboard to the presidency, according to a 38-year-old Republican who would like to stop Mrs. Clinton in 2006, well before the 2008 Democratic race for president. "[Clinton] is not even running for U.S. Senate, she is running for president and she clearly has no intention of fulfilling a six-year Senate term if she is re-elected," said likely GOP Senate candidate Adam Brecht in an interview with Cybercast News Service. "Unfortunately, she's abusing the system," Brecht said. "I think putting everyone through the charade of a...

A Wall Street public relations executive, who worked for both Alfonse D'Amato and the late John Heinz in the U.S. Senate, is preparing to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2006 re-election bid. A major problem for Adam Brecht, however, is that major New York Republicans - not to mention rank-and-file voters - don't seem to have a clue who he is. "I know nothing about this guy," said Bill McGahay, executive director of the state GOP. Brecht hopes to remedy that lack of recognition by making the rounds this week at the Republican National Convention in New York City. The...

WASHINGTON - A Wall Street investor who tried to raise private money to keep city firehouses open after 9/11 is exploring a possible run for Sen. Hillary Clinton's seat in 2006. Republican Adam Brecht, 37, a former aide to ex-Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) and the late GOP senator from Pennsylvania John Heinz, is running his first ad in Hamptons magazine to announce his Senate exploratory committee, the Daily News learned yesterday. Brecht said he spent $6,000 on the ad and will buy more around the state after the November elections, hoping to gauge support for a run at the seat...