Filing for positions on the Democratic and Republican parties’ ballots ended Monday at 6 p.m. Party primaries will be held in March, and the general election will occur in November.

Lampasas County officials eligible for re-election in 2010 include:

• County Judge Wayne Boultinghouse.

• Precinct 2 Commissioner Alex Wittenburg and Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack B. Cox.

Brent Henderson, a Democrat, and Marcus Foster, a Republican, have filed for Cox’s seat.

• Justices of the Peace Andy Garcia (Precinct 1) and Sheila Blackwell Hood (Precinct 4). Precinct 2 & 3 voters can pick from four Republican JP candidates: incumbent Dick Lockett, David Ivey, William W.D. Crane and Camron Brister.

• District Clerk Terri Cox. • County Clerk Connie Hartmann.

• County Treasurer Nelda DeRiso.

Candidates for several state and national offices also will be on ballots in the upcoming elections.

Republican Mike Conaway has filed to run for reelection for the District 11 U.S. House of Representatives seat. He is being challenged by Republicans Chris Younts of San Angelo and Al Cowan of Austin. James Quillian, a teacher from Monahans, has filed for the U.S. House seat as a Democrat.

Gov. Rick Perry will face challengers U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Republican Party activist Debra Medina of Wharton County in the Republican primary.

Democratic candidates for governor include former Houston mayor Bill White, Fort Worth teacher Felix Alvarado, Houston businessman Farouk Shami, private investigator Bill Dear of Limestone County, San Antonio physician Alma Ludivina Aguado, Port Aransas rancher Star Locke and Clement E. Glenn, a professor from Navasota.

Lt.Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican, has filed to seek re-election. He will be challenged by Austin Democrats Ronnie Earle and Marc Katz, as well as by San Antonio Democrat Linda Chavez-Thompson, former national vice president of the AFL-CIO.

District 54 State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock (RKilleen) has filed to run again for his seat.

Republican Todd Staples will seek re-election as commissioner of agriculture. East Texas rancher Hank Gilbert and entertainer Kinky Friedman have filed for the Democratic nomination.