Baltimore County Council chambers held a near-capacity crowd for a public hearing Tuesday night on the coming county executive vacancy. Photo by John Lee/WYPR.
Baltimore County Council chambers held a near-capacity crowd for a public hearing Tuesday night on the coming county executive vacancy. Photo by John Lee/WYPR.

The high-stakes, compressed campaign for who will be the next Baltimore County Executive shifted into high gear Tuesday night.

The Baltimore County Council will pick Johnny Olszewski’s replacement as he prepares to resign to take a seat in Congress.

Council members were pitched by more than 70 people who spoke at a public hearing, including surrogates for several of the candidates.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.