Peruvian candidates for Congress are taking extreme measures to gain votes, including stripping naked and staging hunger strikes. Reuters reports that a record 2,500 people are competing for 120 seats in the April 9 election.

A new poll shows Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas is declining in popularity among voters in his home state. In fact, barely one of every five of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's constituents would vote for him if the election were held now, according to a poll released on Saturday. According to the Houston Chronicle

Michael Sessions,18, was sworn in as mayor and officially has the weight of the town on his shoulders. Sessions, a high school senior, became the city's youngest mayor when he took the oath of office on Monday.

High school senior Michael Sessions has gone from losing the race for student body vice president to the mayor-elect of Hillsdale, Michigan. "I ran because I thought I could bring a difference to the city of Hillsdale," Sessions tells ABC News

A Sri Lankan presidential candidate promises to use his personal fortune to give a cow to every home if he his elected. "Every Sri Lankan home will be gifted with a high milk-yielding cow from (the Indian state of) Kerala which could be expected to yield 10 liters (2. 5 gallons) to 16 liters (four gallons) of milk every day," Victor Hettigoda is quoted as saying by The Island