Alyson Huber

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Assembly Speaker Karen Bass

STATE CAPITOL - For at least a few hours, Republicans and Democrats alike exchanged well wishes and paused to acknowledge the significance of elected office, with swearing-in ceremonies in both the state Senate and Assembly chambers Monday.

Before the formal swearing in of 24 new Assembly members and 11 new state Senators, family members and friends crowded the chamber floors, while the new and returning politicians made acquaintances with fellows on both sides of the aisle.

With certified results from Sacramento County Wednesday afternoon, Democrat Alyson Huber's Assembly campaign declared victory over Republican Jack Sieglock.

In that county, the southeastern part of which is in the 10th Assembly District, Huber had 52.46 percent of the vote, versus 40.37 percent for Sieglock. The vote difference was 12,408 votes in Huber's favor.

A spokesman for the campaign for Democratic Assembly candidate Alyson Huber said the mood was cautiously optimistic after Huber took the vote-count lead in AD-10 late Tuesday from Republican Jack Sieglock.

"It's been a long process," said spokesman Andrew Acosta. "But I think it's better to be up at this point."

Huber, an attorney from El Dorado Hills, had a 506-vote lead over Lodi businessman and former elected official Sieglock as of 11:33 a.m. Wednesday.

Democrat Alyson Huber took the lead for the first time Tuesday in the 10th Assembly District race, up by 531 votes over Republican Jack Sieglock as of 7:06 p.m.

That gave her a percentage of 46.7 percent to 46.4 percent for Sieglock. Provisional ballots in Sacramento County, where Huber is from, apparently changed the calculus in the race.

Tom McClintock's lead in the 4th Congressional District race was at 1,566 votes Monday evening, with a handful of provisional and vote-by-mail ballots to be counted.

The total as of 4:46 p.m. gave him 50.3 percent of the vote to 49.7 percent for Democrat Charlie Brown, and vote count totals were final in Nevada and Placer counties.

Democrat Charlie Brown closed to within 329 votes of Republican Tom McClintock Friday in the ongoing ballot count for the 4th Congressional District race.

Brown, from Roseville, was as close to McClintock's lead as he'd been since Election Day, and an e-mail to campaign supporters said that provisional ballots from Nevada County deserved the credit.

Jack Sieglock's lead in the 10th Assembly District race rose to 1,007 votes Thursday, though the percentages did not change between him and Democrat Alyson Huber.

Sieglock, a Republican from Lodi, had 46.9 percent of the vote and 84,314 votes to 46.3 percent of the vote and 83,307 votes for Huber, an attorney from El Dorado Hills.

The two candidates in Assembly District 10 were separated by 1,007 votes Wednesday, with Republican Jack Sieglock remaining in the lead with 46.9 percent of the vote to 46.3 percent of the vote for Democrat Alyson Huber.

Though thousands of ballots remained to be counted in that race early last week, it was not clear Wednesday how many ballots were still outstanding.

Republican Jack Sieglock's 10th Assembly District lead held steady Monday evening, up by 946 votes over Democrat Alyson Huber.

As of 5:42 p.m. on Monday, the California Secretary of State's Web site had Sieglock with 84,175 votes and 46.9 percent of the vote and Huber with 83,229 votes and 46.3 percent of the vote.

A Democratic candidate narrowed the gap a bit in Assembly District 10 Friday, but another one in AD 30 slipped further behind and had her race dropped from the Secretary of State's close races watch.

In AD 10, Alyson Huber, an attorney from El Dorado Hills, trailed Lodi Republican Jack Sieglock by 506 votes on Friday evening, with 46.4 percent of the vote to 46.8 percent for Sieglock.