robert urlich says he wants to take on martin o'malley this fall. state voters are already taking sides. good evening. i'll kelly swoop. >> reporter: this new race means that the two old ones will square off again as they bring a different philosophy to government. they have a lot of things in common. they are about the same age. have families with young children and have high profile spouses. they both want to run the state of maryland. how it should be run is where the similarities end. urlich and o'malley supporters have some things in common. both like sunny day and ice cream. that's just about where the similarities end there. if you want to know where each candidate's support comes from all you need to do is ask a

robert says urlich didn't do much with the four years he had. o'malley had to recovery quickly when the economy recovers. both say this should be an interest race with each candidate bringing their style to the maryland political stage. >>i'm a voting democrat. i'll vote for governor o'malley again. but i really honestly think that governor urlich has a steep hill to climb. >> seems like the type of guy you can sit out on the front porch and have a beer with. he seems more personal than o'malley. o'malley to me is not a people-person. >> reporter: urlich is expected to make it official at two rallies. once in prince george's county county and one in baltimore county on april 7th. roosevelt leftwich abc 2 news. >> thank you. >>> definitely a hot topic. people are talking at the story online. especially on facebook. we ask what the most important issue facing maryland's next governor? 82% say jobs. 6% say healthcare. 5% say education. 5% think maryland's environment is number one. >>> there have been questions regarding whether or not city council