We had it good for awhile. For months you have been able to "fill up" without going broke.

Prices are starting to creep up again. This is an issue that is important to you according to our Voice of the Voter survey we did as part of our Campaign 2006 Project with the Herald Journal.

You actually changed your driving habits because of the huge jump in gas prices over the past year. 59 percent of you are living a totally different life because of it.

To give you some perspective, in the Upstate, you need little over $2 per gallon to fill up. Doesn't sound so bad right? Last month you were paying under $2. But, just one year ago you paid over $3 per gallon. Consumer Advocate Heather Sullivan went to find out exactly what your candidates are going to do to make sure the prices never hit $3 again.

Even though gas prices are less than they were a year ago, they're still shrinking drivers' holiday plans.

Said driver Stan Blair, "We have actually held off on making a lot of plans for the holidays because we don't know where gas prices are going to be then either."

This year, South Carolina expanded a law to prevent gas price gouging, but many drivers we talked to say it's not enough.

So we're taking your concerns about keeping gas prices low straight to the two candidates for governor to find out if they have plans to try to keep prices down.

Republican Governor Mark Sanford's office sent us this statement saying, "Tax relief - be it in the form of gas tax relief or some other form - is something we'll continue to push for because we don't believe government should grow at a rate faster than people's wallets...."

But Democratic challenger Tommy Moore has a different view. Said Moore, "I think it's primarily a federal issue, but I think we have to be very careful about talking about the gas taxes, because there's a lot projects in local areas."

However, both candidates say they'd work to increase the use of alternative fuels.

Said Moore, "I think South Carolina can and should be a leader in that and that's why as Governor I would work with the Department of Commerce to make sure we have investment coming to us."

And Governor Sanford's office says, "We have to continue as a state focusing on exploring alternative fuel sources so that both South Carolina and the nation will be less dependent on foreign oil."

No matter what the solution, drivers we talked to agree that something needs to be done to keep gas prices low.

Said Blair, "Hopefully the people we elect to put in office will do it for us."

The Energy Information Administration estimates a gallon of regular will cost about $2.50 through the holidays.