News 2 takes you around Lowcountry polls.  There are a number of heated races, we’ll show you how things are looking so far.

The Town of Awendaw will be holding their first Mayoral race with a choice on November.

Mayor William Alston has been the Mayor in Awendaw since the town started nearly 17 years ago.  This is the first year he will have a challenger in the re-election race.

Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Samuel Robinson is challenging Alston this year.  Robinson says the public water system, or the lack of an effective public water system in Awendaw is one of the reasons he is in the race. 

Currently some residents of Awendaw have been forced by a town ordinance to pay more than $900 to tap into a water line.  However, the water is not yet flowing to those homes.

Mayor Alston says there have been a number of funding issues preventing the water lines from being turned on for residents.

Alston tells News 2 that the town now has permits to turn the water on for about 50 homes.  The first of those homes MAY be able to have public water as soon as this Monday.

The new mayor of South Carolina’s fourth largest city will face the task of alleviating traffic, while preserving the town’s charm.

Brad Franko goes one-on-one with the candidate for mayor of Mount Pleasant.

Brad Franko goes one-on-one with the candidate for mayor in Town of Mt. Pleasant.

The votes were tied 126-126, and it all came down to a marble. That’s how the City Council broke the electoral draw Tuesday night in Spearfish, a little town in western South Dakota with a population fewer than 10,000.

Witnesses say hundreds of thousands of protesters have poured into the streets of Tehran to mourn those killed in clashes over last week’s disputed election. A Web site of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who called the rally, said more than a million people turned out.

Iranian voters began casting ballots Friday in a colorful and passionate presidential election pitting incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against Mir Hossein Moussavi, the leading reformist candidate.

Prosecutor Trey Gowdy announced his plans to run against Congressman Bob Inglis for the Fourth District seat in 2010.

The city of Walterboro is holding elections today which include a replacement for Mayor Charlie Sweat.

It’s almost a political comeback. Winfield, Mo. Mayor Harry Stonebraker has scored a landslide victory, from his grave.

Republican Wallace Scarborough withdrew his appeal Tuesday of his November 4th election loss to Democrat Anne Peterson Hutto for a seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives.

It’s official….Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States. 

The election commission in Atlantic Beach has set the town’s latest mayoral election for Jan. 13, but the board’s leader says it will support anyone who challenges the ballot.

The South Carolina Election Commission has rejected former Charleston Rep. Wallace Scarborough’s appeal of his election loss last month.