A long, divisive Presidential campaign season has wrapped up and America went to the polls on Tuesday.

Of course, great attention will be paid to the Presidential election, but coverage of that event will be handled by the national reporting team at our parent company, Townsquare Media, and the Thread will focus instead on the few contested local races in Tuscaloosa County.

We're at the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Beasor Walker Law Enforcement Complex watching results come in as they are received from the county's 54 polling places and tabulated here, plus another box of provisional ballots and one for absentee votes.

For live results as they're posted, stay connected to the Tuscaloosa Thread.

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(55 of 56 boxes counted)

Circuit Clerk, Tuscaloosa County

Sonya McKinstry (Democrat): 32,652

Margaria Bobo (Republican): 50,929

United States Representative, 7th Congressional District

Terri A. Sewell (Democrat): 22,921

Robin Litaker (Republican): 22,238

Editor's note: This district includes all or parts of 14 counties - the results above are only from Tuscaloosa County. The Associated Press has called the broader race for Sewell.

Local Amendment 1:

Yes: 53,841

No: 14,446

Candidates running unopposed made up most of the other races, including a slate of local and state Republican leaders and county commissioner Reginald Murray, a Democrat.

The three Republican commissioners, Stan Acker, Jerry Tingle and Mark Nelson, also won contests without opponents, as did their chairman, Probate Judge Rob Robertson.

County school board members Portia Jones and Bill Squires also ran uncontested re-election campaigns. David Bailey ran unopposed to replace District 3's Joe Calvin on the TCSS board - Calvin did not seek re-election.