The outcome of the 10th Assembly District race between Democrat Alyson Huber and Republican Jack Sieglock still lies in the margins. Sieglock currently leads by only 1,025 votes, with thousands of vote-by-mail ballots yet to be counted. Huber told the Stockton Record that she hopes uncounted absentee and provisional ballots may tip her over the edge. “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,” she said. Huber, an El Dorado Hills attorney in her first bid for public office, outspent her opponent by huge margins, with reported campaign totals just below 1.4 million dollars. Most of those funds came from labor unions and teachers groups in support of Huber or against Sieglock, who took the majority of his contributions - 50,000 dollars - from the California Medical Association. Although her opponent has expressed little concern over an upset, one Sieglock campaign manager said “things could go either way.” Sieglock’s lead was anywhere from 9 percentage points to 25 percentage points in San Joaquin, El Dorado and Amador counties. Amador County voted predominantly for Sieglock, 54.55 percent over 37.50 percent. But Huber led by 12 points in Sacramento County, a more populated area where many votes have yet to be counted. Registrar officials estimate there are still approximately 200,000 pending votes in the four county area. Officials will continue to tally up unprocessed votes. The election must be certified by December 13. Story by Alex Lane