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Democrat Alyson Huber Declared Winner in California Assembly District 10—Pickup Gives Democrats a 51 Vote to 29 Vote Majority in House
By Randy Bayne
The Bayne of Blog's California Notes
More than three weeks after the Election Day, Alyson Huber has finally been declared victorious in the 10th Assembly District race. While out to dinner, an email was received that said Huber was ahead by 531 votes. This was the first lead she had since election night. After dinner and a trip to the grocery and hardware store, we came home and found this from Capitol Weekly, “Huber projected winner in AD 10.”
“Democrat Alyson Huber pulled ahead of Republican Jack Sieglock in the race for the 10th Assembly District late Tuesday, giving Huber a likely victory in the hotly contested Assembly race.”
With ballot counting nearly complete, Huber is ahead by 507. Counting should be finished tomorrow, and both sides say Huber is likely to prevail.
Two weeks has been a long wait but Huber supporters have kept the faith and were certain that the final votes from Sacramento County would put Alyson over the top. We watch closely each day, sometimes several times a day, as vote-by-mail and provisional votes were counted. It was excruciatingly slow, but well worth the wait.
California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres issued this statement. “Based on the latest returns from Sacramento County, it now appears as though Alyson Huber will be the next Assemblymember from California’s 10th District and the 51st Democrat in the caucus,” said Torres. “My congratulations go to Alyson, her dedicated staff and volunteers, and Speaker Karen Bass on what soon will be a key pickup for the Democratic Party. We are grateful for the hard working Democratic activists who helped lead Alyson past the finish line.”
I too want to express my gratitude to those who worked so hard to get Alyson elected. It was a tough campaign with hundreds of people putting in many hours. In the end, we were able to take what was considered by many to be a “safe Republican district” and bring registration to near even and elect a Democrat.
There were some who told us a Democrat couldn’t win, and assured us there would be little help for Alyson. Eventually, they came around and became believers. It was this change that helped Alyson as resources and finances started materializing. The final outcome is as close as the district registration, and Alsyon Huber will be our new Assemblymember.
Sieglock’s campaign said a recount was not likely. They can request one, but the campaign will have to bear the cost.
Congratulations Alyson and thank you volunteers and supporters.
Randy Bayne is Chair of the Amador County Democratic Party. This article originally appeared in The Bayne of Blogs and is published with the permission of the author.
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Hallelujah!
Posted by: Lillian at November 26, 2008 10:03 AM
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