the joseph bartenfelder/ken kaminetz race. >> reporter: they will square off in primary voting today.hey are both four-term councilmen. kaminetz has been accused of an ugly mud-slinging smear campaign, bartenfelder has chosen for a positive campaign. the democratic primary for baltimore county executive is one of the hottest races in the area. >> we have a great county, fiscally well managed but we have challenging times. i think when times are going well we tend to keep doing things the same way. now that we're facing difficult times i'm looking forward to the opportunity of rethinking how do we do things. and can we start to do more things with less? >> we're going to have to have somebody who uses the right judgment as we move in order in baltimore county and make -- forward in baltimore county and make the right decisions to handle things efficiently and effectively.. >> reporter: it's estimated 32% of eligible voters will turn out. the nice weather and hot races will draw voters to the polls today. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 6:49. let's look at more democracy

the race for county executive, puts kevin kamenetz against joseph bartenfelder. both have been longtime councilmen and have taken shots at each other in political ads. we begin with jeff hager at the bartenfelder camp in parkville tonight. >> reporter: if you're looking for honest joe don't look here. he's out there at the precincts, he's been working them all day. to that end we understand he's continuing this same line of campaign, door-knocking, putting shoe leather to concrete, old school traditional campaigning if you like that we've seen for the past few months. earlier today the candidate stopped off to cast his own ballot, that was at the fullerton firehouse and since that time he's been hitting polling places, we understand, across the county. perry hall, dundalk and parkville. greeting voters also in overlea, milford mill, randallstown, edgemere, wherever he can find the meager number of voters that are out today. bartenfelder is taking on his longtime fellow baltimore county councilman, chairman kevin kamenetz and honest joe has prided himself on runni

kevin kamenetz and joseph bartenfelder are squaring off in the primary. they are both four-term councilmen. >>> abc2 news is your news source for democracy 2010. tonight at 11:00, we'll have live team coverage of the hottest races in the area. as always, abc2news.com will have you covered with the up to the minute results. >>> one of the three americans held hostage in iran on the espionage charges for more than a year is free tonight. sarah shourd left iran and now arrived where she has been reunited with her mother. the other two are still in prison. >> reporter: sarah shourd is free and on her way home. >> i want to offer my thanks to everyone in the world, the government, the people, that have been involved and especially, particularly want to address the president ahmadinejad and all the iranian officials and the religious leaders and thank them for this humanitarian gesture. i'm grateful and humbled. >> reporter: the 32-year-old california native was released from iranian prison today. after more than a year in solitary contine finement. iran set $5

kevin kamenetz is ahead of joseph bartenfelder with 52% of the vote. the vote is expected to be completed around noon today. will face off against bob ehrlich, who also won his party's nomination. hear from both candidates in our next hour. >> the voter turnout statewide was lower than expected. only about 15,000 baltimore city residents went to the polls. the official numbers could be released as early as tomorrow. we will be running a crawl at the bottom of our screen with the latest results. you can also see the results on our website, wbaltv.com. >> a homicide investigation last night. a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound. he later died. his name has not been released. a 22-year-old is charged with stabbing a man in carroll county. this happened monday night around 10:00 p.m. on gill avenue. one woman is behind bars, accused of being involved in the altercation. >> the search is on for a bank robber. look at this picture of the man -- there he is. he walked into the bank of america branch in pikesville about 9:00 a.m. friday morning. he h

. >>> the other big race, baltimore county, where democrats kevin caminetz and joseph bartenfelder are vying to win the nation for baltimore county executive. bothates were trying to -- both candidates were out yesterday trying to encourage voters to head to the polls. they are looking to take over for county executive jim smith whose term ends this year. >>> a crowded field of republicans competing for the chance to take on barbara mikulski, who is seeking her fifth term in office. 11 republican candidates are running with queen anne's county commissioner ewick wargotz. he appears to be the front runner after spending $575,000 of his own money in this election. >>> three republicans are vying to take on comptroller peter franchot. the youngest is 18-year-old brendan madigan. and 63-year-old bill campbell, the former cfo of the department of veteran affairs. armand girard, 72-year-old, former high school math teacher. that is right now who is running for the comptroller's office. >>> and former governor bob ehrlich got a big endorlt. arizona senator and former presidential candidate jo

the results show kevinnkamenetz leading joseph bar bartenfelder right now.e computer problems have lest results up on the air. >> reeooter: it's tough a ay after the election still not have official results.3 vote lead, but there were000 computer problems last night. we don't know the nature of those problems, whether they were here or at the actual precincts. 94% of the resuuts are in but to claii ictory. let's take a look at what it was like last night at the locations, very tense for them for not having real results. the bartenfelder they were huddled around the computerss3 looking for esults last night. they could be seeing asking each other what is next, how long is this going to take. at the kkmenetz camp, theyylike the early numbers and having the lead. the candidate addressed his followers and it looked like a at the end of their night, both ú% tteir sides told heir followers it's not over yet. >> unfortunately onight, i don't think we are going to be able to come to a conclusion. we had problems with the board of election numbers, with their machine

kevin kaminetz and joseph bartenfelder have been airing ads trying to win over last-minute voters.n in annapolis estimates 32% of eligible voters will turn out into today's primary. today at 11:00 we'll have live team coverage of the hottest races in the area. and always check abc2news.com for all the updates. we'll go back to new york for "good morning america." see you in a half-hour. everyone knows a fee is a tax. you raised some taxes during that period, particularly the property tax as well as a lot of fee increases. as you know, there's a big difference between fees and taxes. but...they're the same. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. there's a big difference between fees and taxes. fees and taxes are one in the same. if it comes out of my pocket, it's a tax. now he says it isn't true. we didn't raise taxes. what? still doing the same thing, paying out more money. typical politician. definitely. >>> maybe i should take all of you with me to the other side of the world. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to australia. >> there she is. the surprise to top all surp