democrat kevin will face off against ken holt. let's go to sherrie johnson live. who will take over for jim smith? >> good morning to you jamie. i'm here in front of the old courthouse. jim smith's office soon. we will find out who will replace him. take a look here at your screen. the democratic nods for baltimore county executive is going to be the closest primary race in decades for that office. 94% of the prescription are reporting it looks like kevin is leading with 52% of the vote and joe has about 44% of the votes. both men served four terms on the county council and we caught up with them last night at their respective camps. >> i have never ever seen an election turnout this low and it was so low it was unbelievable. it was a good day, good weather day and they didn't turn out. that is a shame. >> the numbers have been cast. they haven't been reported. once they are reported we can corn firm where we safely are and have good news for our camp we hope. >> the winner will face off against ken holt. >> abc2news.com has you covered with all the results. check

. >> now, the winner of this race will face off against ken holt, republican ken holt coming up.rrie johnson abc news. >> the show is on. former governor ehrlich topping brian murphy who was endorsed by palin. o'malley winning easily over jaffee. >> the people spoke and believe me in seven weeks they speak very loud in the state of maryland. >> we'll see a november 2nd rematch of the 2006 maryland governor's race. >> primary day is in the books and the votes have been cast but was drastically low. the turnout was really a surprise at the polls. far fewer voters casted their ballots. >> now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful radar. >>> good morning. 5:50 on the clock right now. ever i had ten minutes to talk about the tropics it still would not be enough time. we have some more incredible pictures to show you in the next half-hour. hurricane julia off to category 4 strength. we're effort range of the top 20 to 15% of storms receiving category 4. this is the fourth storm this year that has made that status. no threat to land. we're go

. >>> ken holt has an opponent in the november election. democratic candidate for the job of baltimore county executive has decided what is the next step for him. >>> plus: if you go to the orioles game on october 1st, you could be benefiting a memorial to a young murder victim. >>> also ahead this morning: if you don't have your tickets to the virgin mobile free step, could get another chance this saturday. >>> cloudy and mild this morning, temperature of 65 degrees. winds out of the east, northeast. if you could stick around, we have just got some incredible hail video. i'm going to leave it at that, but it'll be worth the wait. stick around. you're in no rush, are you? kim brown has the latest on traffic. >> no reason to be in any rush so far this morning, justin. we don't have a whole lot going on on the roadways. just building volume that could slow you up. good morning maryland returns after this quick break. man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could

honored to be the nominee for the executive. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: kamenetz will face ken holt in the election. i had a long conversation with kamenetz. he said he spent a lot of money in the race and he's jumping back in and raising money. he's opening the doors and trying to bring the democratic party together before the general. reporting live, i'm adam may. jessica, back to you. >>> and there's no clear winner in the high profile race for state's attorney in baltimore. right now, the challenger leads pat jessamy by 1400 votes. >>> wjz-13 campaign 2010 coverage begins with mike hellgren and absentee ballots could decide the race. >> reporter: good afternoon. there are 3000 ballots and they provide uncertainty and that's why he's not declaring victory just yet. jessamy showed no signs of slowing down late into the night as she greeted supporters. right now, she's behind her challenger with 27,700 votes to his 29,121. >>> we're confident that the voters elect the best person. we'll await the return. >> reporter: the race could come down to the absentee ballots. 3600 were reque

the person that does win will go up against ken holt. >>> let's check out the numbers. on the republican side bob erlich topping brian murphy. >>> look, these have been tough years, but we have been making progress and the people of our state whenever given a choice of moving forward or go back, always move forward. i work for the people and ultimately it is their decision. >> the people who are fleeing the state every day. our message is stop, wait, give us seven weeks. [ laughter ] >> give us seven weeks. >> so as it stands right now, split screen. that is it. november 2nd a rematch of the 2006 maryland governor's race. >> >> primary days in the books and the votes have been cast but it is really sad how low voter turnout was in the state. volunteers were so surprised how few people showed up. one baltimore county volunteer told us just over 400 people showed up at her precinct the entire day. >>> state control her. he is unopposed and will be challenged in november by william henry campbell. >>> they called the district for 46. that race was for bill ferguson. he is

to 20% voter turnout but in the meantime the winner from that race will go up against republican ken holt. >>> not much with the gubernatorial primaries. on the republican side, former governor ehrlich topping brian murphy who was endorsed by sarah palin. >> here es what the candidates had to say. >> look, these have been tough years, but we have been making progress and the people of our state whenever given a choice to move forward or fall back always move forward and that is why i look forward to the campaign. i work for the people and ultimately, the decision is their decision. >> for small business peoples for the people fleeing this state everyday. our message is stop, wait, give us seven weeks. [ laughter ] >> give us seven weeks. there is hope. >> so we'll see november 2nd rematch of the 2006 maryland governor's race. >> longtime u.s. senator mccul ski easily won so she will square off against aaron. he has seen that t v ad nat had stirred up a lot of stuff. she is seeking her fourth term in the senate. here are the nominations up for grabs in the primary. 7th district elijah cumm

. >> the whipper of the democratic primary will face former state delegate ken holt november 2nd.n pikevil pikeville, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> thank you keith. biggest factor in today race will election officials expect about 30 percent turn out across maryland today to votee% in today's primary. you have you have to be registered as republican or democrat that brings us our question of the day. should we have open primary. let us know and text us at 45203 with a for a and response might air tonight at 10:00. >>> stay with us for continuing covvrage of today's primary. we'll be live as votes counted and we will stay with you until the key races are ddcide. live team coverage ssarts tonight at 10:00 right here on fox 45. >> gorgeous weather out there today but we have some very interesttng things to keep an eye on. to vytas with the latest look now at the sky watch forecast. egor. vytas >> looks like we have to worry about storms outt% there in the the atlantic bbt good news. we have a couples conditioos out there right now. zooming in around the state the temperatures at 76 degree

my hand is out and extended to joe and when we meet-- >> kamenetz will face republican ken holt coming up in the general election in november. >>> an abc2 news exclusive now: what may have seemed like an everyday crime story has far from an everyday twist. police are still searching for a suspect after a liquor story robbery led to gunfire. sherrie johnson joins us here in the studio with this story. >> reporter: witnesses say it all happened so fast. this morning, the soccer coach is being hailed a hero. around 3:00, a security officer fired at two men trying to rob a liquor store at a shopping center. across the street, the mercy high school girls soccer team was practicing for a game. shots rang out, the coaches of the team and a police officer tackled one of the robbery suspects. >> we were all getting ready for our game. we heard the first gunshot. we didn't really know what it was. we were all just like "oh it's no big deal." then there were three more. we were looking around not knowing how serious it was. >> got the kids up to the school. and secured the area. >> reporter: the

. >> kamenetz will face former republican state delegate ken holt in november's general election. >>>rating night as they waited on slow returns. election officials say part of that problem was human error. after the polls closed someú workers shutdown the machines and forgot to tally the votes inside. click on the vote 2010 icoo in the news features section. >>> it's been two years since the murder of former city couucclman kennharris. and now the trial into his death is underray it's becoming clear that witness' memories are anything but. the ttree witnesses seen here were all face to face with ken harris' killer bbt none of them can say with certainty that charles mcganey, gaay collins and jerome williams are the men who did it. their testimony contradictory from the number of shots they %-suspects that carried out the crime. >> everyone is assuming that the people out in the front of the bar were the people inside of the bar were the people that at some point went behind the bar. >> the statt is banking on surveillance video and dna -vidence to convince jurors thht mcganey, collin

. >> republican ken holt wants to cut taxes and more. >> i want no cut property taxes by making sure the assessed values are comparable to the market value. many left scorned by the negative campaign >> my hand is extended to joann when we meet in person, i will renew that friendship as well and i ask joe for his support and more importantly his help. >> reporter: as of tonight, neither candidate has the endorsement of the police and fire unions. they say they will court that group over the next couple days adam may, wjz news >> i'm sure we could campaign on that. the coverage continues with mary and the latest in the race for the governor's office. >> reporter: the stage set for o'malley and robert and -- he greeted in annapolis. his win now sets up a rematch of the 2006 maryland governor's race. he's been touting his education during his tenure. >>> wjz is always on, go to wjz.com. >> we want to update the breaking news out of baltimore, an attempted robbery ends with gunfire. wjz is live at rock raven boulevard, more on what happened. >> with this shopping center here crowded with

. >> former state deleggte ken holts that ran unopposed in the g.o.p. will face kevin kamenetz in.lt ill fight any move by state to forre the counties to begin funding teacher's pensions. >> for the stateeto get themselves in financial ttouble, onto the county, is not fair. >> one of many issues to be %-the next baltimore countyme executiie. in towson, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> and ron harvey came in third in the democratic race for baltimore county exeeutive with neerly 4 percent of the vote. >>well, there was surprisingly low voter turnout to tuesday primaries and in altimore city, 20 percent of voters head to the pools. state wide, turnout was just over 27 percent. that's below the 30 percent that state elections officials were projectinn. >> no real reason. >> iiwas disappointed because i didn't see as many as iithought back in 2008. >> people were lazy, do not want want to do nothing. >> i went because a lot of things need to be changeed. >> that brings us to the question of the ay. why do you ttink there was such low voter turnout? ccer writes on our website, i be

be the democratic nominee for executive. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: kamenetz will face ken holt in the election. kamenetz says he has a lot of fund raising to do, the race was expensive. >>> thank you, adam. stay with wjz-13 for complete coverage of campaign 2010. for results and reaction, go to wjz.com. we'll have more on the important national races coming up at 4:30. >>> there's a shooting at a shopping plaza and the gunman is out there. we'll go to mike perry above it all. >> reporter: some tense moments about an hour and a half ago. it occurred at a marsh shopping center on northern parkway, it's east of lock raven boulevard. the police called here for a shooting that happened in front of a liquor store. they found the windows shot out at the cleaners and a person shot in front of the liquor store. supposedly, a security guard was chasing a gunman across the parking lot right to the intersection of northern parkway and lock raven boulevard where a person of interest has been taken into custody. we're told that a security guard pursuing him has been taken to the hospital. th

>> the winner of today's primary praise for baltimore county executive will face republican ken holt in the general election. we'll send it back to kai for now. >> stay with us for extensive coverage of campaign 2010. we'll bring you updated results and reactions from candidates. >>> a fall-like start to the day, but the warmup didn't take long. outside right now it's partly cloudy. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. >>> yes. it is a beautiful afternoon. the winds have really picked up. that's because a cold front moved through. there wasn't much to that cold front. what weir lee going to do is open it up and show you showers off to the north associated with the same system. what we have seen with the winds pick up and the dry conditions continue is a red flag warning. take a look across the northern part of the important state. a high threat for fire danger. so that's what we're looking at right now. changes coming up in the forecast. >> thank you. let's check on the roads with kristy bres

the winner of this race will take on republican ken holt. we'll keep you posted throughout this show with races if anything comes in. >>> if mr. right or mrs. right turned out to be mr. or mrs. wrong, what should you do? >> we have advice on where to go for help. >>> also ahead this morning: we'll tell you all about ron ayers and vickie wayman, they're coming to the african-american cultural festival. charles young will tell you what to expect this weekend. >> if your resume was chiseled on a rock, maybe it's time to update it to paper. cross the ts and dot the is. my commute home to the eastern shore every night only takes an hour but that's more time than congress spends reading massive spending bills, it's crazy. that's why i wrote a law that requires 72 hours to read every bill. i read the big bills and i said no. no to the $3 trillion budget, no to the bank bailout, and no to the health care bill. at home you would never pay a bill without reading it neither should congress. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message because i'm prou

holt in november. >>> >> and more testimony today following the ken harris case.halloween mask in 2008. the prosecutors linked one of the three defendants dna to the mask. >>> and reports of a bedbug invasion at an apartment complex lead to a lawsuit. a woman wants a hundred thousand dollars where she claims to have suffered scarring and disfigurement from the bite. you can read more here in the baltimore sun. >>> and it was a close one. a touchdown by mcgahee helped. and another includes a sack. and ray lewis had a big hit that still resounds up in the meadowlands. ,,,,,,,,,,,,