berstein ran adds criticizing her. the police commissioner caused a stir when he endorsed berstein but public officials say it won't impact her >> i'm committed to working with whoever they choose the state's attorney to reduce crime in the city. >> if you have a manager and never seem to get out of the cellar of your division, you might need a new manager. >> reporter: berstein says the strength of his campaign is people wanting to feel safe. >> they're tired of the violence and living in one of america's most violent cities and they want to see change. >> berstein released a statement, we are pleased -- >> thank you. campaign coverage continues with adam may live in towson on the democratic primary and the man who has been declared the winner. >> it was competitive and they're still counting the votes because of some problems with a few electronic voting machines. but kevin kamenetz has been declared the winner. >> i'm honored to be the democratic nominee for county executive. >> reporter: county counselman declares

gregg berstein looks poised to unseat patricia jessamy. gregg berstein cast his ballot on tuesday along with 18% of baltimore city residents. it's a big board of elections nearly a full day to release complete returns, making the state's attorney's race too close to call. the tally stalled at 97% of the city's precincts. according to election officials, city election judges forgot to turn in the memory cards from 82 judgment -- voting machines. patricia jessamy spent the day meeting with advisers. >> they have cut expressed some concerns that there were tapes missing that had not been incorporated into the total count. >> officials track down the cards at a dozen polling places. there is nothing suspicious about the slow accounting. >> when you have election night, it is not uncommon to not be at 100%. >> 20 hours after the polls closed, officials released the official results. he had a lead of nearly 1300 votes. still, neither camp is calling the race until an estimated 2200 absentee ballots are counted. >> once we know that the numbers t