Amador County - The still undecided race for Assembly between Republican Jack Sieglock and Democrat Alyson Huber is too-close-to-call, despite over two weeks passage since the November 4th election. As of Wednesday, the two candidates were separated by 1,007 votes. Sieglock maintained his lead and increased it slightly since the last vote count tally on Monday. At that time Sieglock led by 946 votes over Huber, and both had lower overall vote totals. Today, Sieglock has 46.9 percent of the votes over Huber’s 46.3 percent. One voting official said there are still thousands of ballots left to be counted in the District, although no one seems to have an exact number. Progress has been slow - officials appear to have counted only a few hundred votes since Monday. Despite Sieglock’s lead, officials are saying this race is too tight to claim a victor. Many of the remaining votes that are left to be counted are from parts of Sacramento County where Huber held a healthy 12-point lead going into the election. Vote tallies in the other areas indicated margins in favor of Sieglock. Sieglock’s lead was anywhere from 9 percentage points to 25 percentage points in San Joaquin, El Dorado and Amador counties. “Jack Sieglock gained 2,500 votes over his opponent in Amador County alone. Amador County could be the determining factor in all this,” said Jim Rooney, head of the local Republican Central Committee. Amador County voted predominantly for Sieglock, 54.55 percent over 37.50 percent. “I don't think anyone is surprised that it's a close race. Maybe six months ago, people didn't think it would be this close. They thought it would be a safe Republican seat,” said Huber. Sieglock has expressed no concern over the possibility of a Huber win. Assembly District 10 includes four counties, including parts of San Joaquin and Sacramento counties. Story by Alex Lane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Thursday, 20 November 2008 23:58
"Too Close To Call"
Amador County - The still undecided race for Assembly between Republican Jack Sieglock and Democrat Alyson Huber is too-close-to-call, despite over two weeks passage since the November 4th election. As of Wednesday, the two candidates were separated by 1,007 votes. Sieglock maintained his lead and increased it slightly since the last vote count tally on Monday. At that time Sieglock led by 946 votes over Huber, and both had lower overall vote totals. Today, Sieglock has 46.9 percent of the votes over Huber’s 46.3 percent. One voting official said there are still thousands of ballots left to be counted in the District, although no one seems to have an exact number. Progress has been slow - officials appear to have counted only a few hundred votes since Monday. Despite Sieglock’s lead, officials are saying this race is too tight to claim a victor. Many of the remaining votes that are left to be counted are from parts of Sacramento County where Huber held a healthy 12-point lead going into the election. Vote tallies in the other areas indicated margins in favor of Sieglock. Sieglock’s lead was anywhere from 9 percentage points to 25 percentage points in San Joaquin, El Dorado and Amador counties. “Jack Sieglock gained 2,500 votes over his opponent in Amador County alone. Amador County could be the determining factor in all this,” said Jim Rooney, head of the local Republican Central Committee. Amador County voted predominantly for Sieglock, 54.55 percent over 37.50 percent. “I don't think anyone is surprised that it's a close race. Maybe six months ago, people didn't think it would be this close. They thought it would be a safe Republican seat,” said Huber. Sieglock has expressed no concern over the possibility of a Huber win. Assembly District 10 includes four counties, including parts of San Joaquin and Sacramento counties. Story by Alex Lane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
