Sans N.Y. Result, Parties Plot

• By Shira Toeplitz
• Roll Call Staff
• April 2, 2009, Midnight

With the result of the special election in New York’s 20th district likely to remain up in the air for weeks, both parties were essentially robbed of the chance to take their rhetorical victory lap in a competitive contest that they were hoping would set the tone for the 2010 election cycle.