The Kenai Peninsula Borough will hold a special election Tuesday, Feb. 14 to elect a new borough mayor.
Many of the people running for office are familiar names and long-time borough residents, including Peter Micciche. Micciche served three terms in the Alaska Senate including one as Senate President. He was also the Mayor of Soldotna from 2008 to 2012. Micciche said many people have urged him to run because of his unique experience in both government and the private sector.
Miccichie is a fiscal conservative and so is Linda Farnsworth Hutchings. Hutchings serves on the Soldotna City Council as well as a number of boards and commissions. She said she’s been frustrated with what she considers wasteful spending and feels that her background as an accountant would serve the position well.
David Carey also calls himself a conservative. He’s a former borough mayor, Soldotna city mayor and a long-time teacher who values education. Carey said he knows how to do the everyday job of running government and how to work with borough employees. Zach Hamilton is the most liberal of the candidates running for the seat. Hamilton said he moved his family to Alaska about three years ago after living in the state as a child. Hamilton owns a business in Kenai and said he has many years of grassroots community organizing. He said his educational background is in helping organizations transform and improve, skills, which he feels he could apply to the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
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