None too soon, candidates line up for top county job

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Never mind that Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith still has 1,358 days left on the job.

The county?s two-term limit and a looming open seat have local politicians eyeing Smith?s job, saying it?s none too soon to start planning for what?s expected to be a hotly contested 2010 race.

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