Geographically it's huge, covering parts of 10 counties and 137 towns. New York's 20th Congressional District is also known to be as politically diverse as it gets, which is why many predict this year's race between Democratic incumbent Scott Murphy and his Republican challenger Chris Gibson will be a tight one. For a closer look at the candidates, here's our Matt Hunter.

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Throughout the state and even country, there's been one issue that's dominated this latest election cycle: jobs. And in New York's 20th Congressional District, it's been no different.

"Jobs is the number one of issue of this campaign, and we want to grow jobs, and we want to expand the economy," said Republican candidate Chris Gibson.

"How many more jobs do we have to lose before it's time to take action? I think the time is now," said Democrat Rep. Scott Murphy.

Throughout the campaign, Congressman Scott Murphy and his Republican challenger Chris Gibson have both touted their plans to get New Yorkers back to work. Murphy, a former venture capitalist and entrepreneur who took office last year, believes the key is to cut taxes for companies that create jobs here, but raise them for ones that ship them overseas. That's a plan Gibson opposes.

"In this district, we've seen it at places like GE, we've seen it at IBM, that they've moved jobs overseas in response to the tax policy that's broken. I think it's time to change it," said Murphy.

"Raising taxes is not going to be helpful," said Gibson. "What we don't want to do right now is raise taxes because that's what makes us non-competitive."

Job creation isn't the only thing the two disagree on. Murphy, a retired Army Colonel and combat veteran, vows to try and repeal the Health Care Bill if he's elected - a bill Murphy voted for when it passed in March.

Gibson said, "We're not going to see costs go down; they're going to rise, and they're rising significantly. How does a family absorb something like that?"

Murphy said, "I don't think we need to go back. We need to build on the progress we've made and improve other things like tort reform, to control costs even more."

The two also have different views on the Bush Tax Cuts - Gibson wanting to extend them, Murphy only wanting to keep them in place for a family or business' first $250,000 of income. These and other issues will shape a race that figures to go down to the wire, a race each candidate believes can be won.

Gibson said, "What I've given you is what I stand for, and I look forward to earning the support of the voters in the 20th District and giving them a new voice and a new direction in Congress."

"I'm going to continue to bring those skills to bear on solving the problems that we face as a country, getting the economy moving and give people the opportunity to live their own American dream, just like I have," said Murphy.