Kenai Borough Mayor Peter Micciche has filed with the Alaska Division of Elections for reelection to the seat he won earlier this year in a special election to fill out the term of former Mayor Charlie Pierce.
A Republican, Micciche was previously the mayor of Soldotna and a member of the Soldotna City Council. In 2013, he won election as a state senator, and rose to become Alaska Senate President before choosing to not run for another term last year so that he could stay in his home district while his children grow up. When Mayor Charlie Pierce resigned, Micciche won that seat to fill out the remainder of Pierce’s term, which ends in October.
Peter Micciche was born in Valley Stream, N.Y. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Alaska Pacific University and worked as a commercial fisherman and small business owner. He was an LNG/NG facility manager of the Kenai LNG Facility for ConocoPhillips.
At this time, Micciche is unopposed. Although he is registered with the Alaska Public Offices Commission as a candidate, borough’s official filing period opens Aug. 1 and closes at the end of business on Aug. 15. The election will take place on Oct. 3. Absentee in person voting begins Sept. 18.
