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New York’s 20th: It Is a Little Like Kissing Your Sister

By Stuart Rothenberg
Roll Call Contributing Writer
April 2, 2009, Midnight

It’s overtime in New York’s 20th, where Democrat Scott Murphy’s lead over Republican Jim Tedisco is so small that absentee ballots will determine the district’s next Congressman.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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