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Candidates for Congress, several judicial races and legislative seats will begin registering for the 2010 campaigns today. The candidate filing period opens at noon and runs until noon on Friday, Feb. 26.

The U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Richard Burr of Winston-Salem will be at the top of the ballot this year.

Burr plans to run for re-election and primaries are expected for Republicans and Democrats. Senate terms last six years.

All 13 U.S. House seats are up for election to two year terms this year. Republicans Howard Coble of Greensboro and Virginia Foxx of Banner Elk, and Democrats Brad Miller of Raleigh and Mel Watt of Charlotte say they plan to seek re-election.

There are 120 members of the state House. Locally, only Republican Rep. Laura Wiley of High Point says she does not plan to seek re-election. The state’s 50 Senate seats will be on the ballot and the four who represent Guilford County say they plan to run again.

Five seats on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners are up for election, including those held by Republicans Steve Arnold of High Point and Linda Shaw of Greensboro and Democrats Kay Cashion of Greensboro, Carolyn Coleman of Greensboro and Bruce Davis of High Point.

There are five Guilford County Board of Education seats up for election, including those held by Jeff Belton, Alan Duncan, and Deena Hayes, all of Greensboro; Garth Hebert of High Point; and Nancy Routh of Pleasant Garden.

Judicial elections this year include:

• One Supreme Court seat held by Edward Brady.
• Four Court of Appeals seats.
• Three Guilford County Superior Court seats held by Patrice Hinnant, John Craig III and Lindsay Davis Jr.
• Three Guilford County District Court seats and three Rockingham County District Court seats.

The mayor and all other City Council seats will be on the ballot in High Point, as well as two Guilford County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor seats.