Jack Sieglock

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.

The 10th Assembly District race between Jack Sieglock and Alyson Huber moved in the Republican's favor Thursday, with Sieglock moving to a 943-vote lead over Huber, a Democrat from El Dorado Hills.

Sieglock, from Lodi, had 76,267 votes for 46.9 percent of the vote, to 75,324 and 46.3 percent for Huber.

Meanwhile, another Assembly race moved onto the California Secretary of State's "Close Races" watch, with Democrat Fran Florez now within less than 1,500 votes of overtaking Republican Danny Gilmore in the 30th Assembly District.

Assembly candidates Alyson Huber and Jack Sieglock are still separated by hundreds rather than thousands of votes, but it was unclear Tuesday how much longer it might take until one could declare victory.

Sieglock, a Republican from Lodi, led the 10th Assembly District race with 73,389 votes as of late Tuesday afternoon, ahead by 614 over Huber, a Democrat from El Dorado Hills.

That gave Sieglock 46.8 percent of the vote, to 46.6 percent for Huber, with 72,775 votes.

A Republican political consultant said he and others are still investigating a mysterious robocall received on Election Day that encouraged GOP party members to skip voting because the presidential race was all but decided.

Tim Clark, who worked with 10th Assembly District candidate Jack Sieglock and others, said that while the call didn't mention any local candidates, it appeared to be directed at Republican voters in contested state legislative districts.

STATE CAPITOL - Republican Assembly Leader Mike Villines (R-Clovis) said his caucus won't support any new taxes as a solution to the $11.2 billion budget deficit being discussed in a special session, and that the GOP feels fortunate to have done as well as they did in the Assembly on Election Night.

At a press conference Thursday, Villines said suffering a net loss of only two seats is better than could be expected when measured against how well Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama did in California as a whole.

Democrat Alyson Huber encouraged supporters Thursday not to give up hope in her 10th Assembly District bid, saying there are still thousands of votes to be counted with her trailing Republican Jack Sieglock by about 1,000 votes.

"I knew this was going to be a tight race and our confidence remains high," Huber said in a statement sent to the media. "According to the county registrars there are still thousands of absentee votes and provisional ballots yet to be counted -- including some 20,000 in Sacramento County."