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Jack Sieglock appears poised to retain 10th District for GOP

Lodi resident Jack Sieglock looked as if he would top Democrat Alyson Huber to win the 10th Assembly District and retain an Assembly seat for the Republicans.

With all 491 precincts in the district reporting, Sieglock had locked up 47 percent of the vote.

Huber was close behind with 46.2 percent.

Sieglock said he was "cautiously optimistic" late Tuesday he would pull out the victory.

"Assuming the numbers do hold we very much look forward representing the people of the 10th District and doing what's right for California," he said.

Huber, however, was not ready to concede defeat, saying several precincts had yet to report.

"The early numbers are not surprising and there are still a lot of votes still to be counted," she said.

The two candidates were vying to replace termed-out Alan Nakanishi, R-Lodi, in the race that had statewide implications. The district was one of six targeted by the state's Democratic party as it sought to establish a two-thirds majority in the Assembly.

The 10th District is comprised of parts of northern San Joaquin County, Amador County and parts of El Dorado and Sacramento counties.

Sieglock said he had not expected to receive so much pressure from Democrats outside of the race saying the 10th District "became a big target."

If he did hold on to the win, Sieglock said his first priority will be the state's economy. He pledged to focus on initiatives that would bring more businesses and jobs to California and not to raise taxes.

Huber said she was confident her campaign had reached voters throughout the district and was eagerly awaiting more election returns.

During the race, the two candidates sought to capitalize on their differences.

Sieglock, 51, painted his opponent as a liberal looking to raise taxes and coddle illegal immigrants. The career politician also criticized Huber for her political inexperience.

The former Lodi City Council member and member of the San Joaquin County board of supervisors fashioned himself as the champion for the local voter, portraying Huber, an El Dorado Hills attorney, as a Sacramento interloper.

For her part, Huber, 36, played up her experience in the law and being outside the political establishment. She also stressed that she grew up in Lodi, graduating from Lodi High School.

During her campaign she focused on education and promoting ways to create new jobs in the district through vocational programs.

She also was critical of Sieglock's lengthy career in politics, alleging he never held a "real" job; only political office. At a few polling stations in the Lodi area, most voters said they had picked Sieglock because they knew him and because he's a Republican.

"I didn't like Huber from what I read about her. I mostly voted for the party on that one. I don't think she's aware enough of the issues," said Cathleen Leonard, of Woodbridge.

"Probably primarly because I am Republican and I don't know as much about her as I do about him," said Dave Phelps, of Lodi. "I am more familiar with him because he is a local person."

Huber raised $403,773 in the campaign, and Sieglock pulled in $695,056.

The district has long been a Republican stronghold, but that appears to be changing. According to the California Secretary of State's voter registration numbers, the Republicans had less than a half percent lead over the Democrats in voters districtwide. Total Republicans for the district came in at 101,493 voters or 39.6 percent and Democrats accounted for 100,390 or 39.2 percent of the district's 256,235 voters.

That is very different than in 2002, the year when Nakanishi won election. Then, Republicans districtwide outnumbered Democrats by 11,208 and the GOP had a 44.7 percent majority to the Democrat's 39.5 percent.

Sacramento County accounted for the recent growth of the Democrats 'share of voters in the 10th, as Democrats there outnumber Republicans by 13,493, or a 42.9 percent majority.

In San Joaquin County, Republicans still hold a strong lead. The county has a total of 63,221 voters total with 29,350, or 46.4 percent, Republicans and 23,412, or 37 percent, Democrats.

Contact City Editor Andrew Adams at andrewa@lodinews.com.