 The candidate filing period for borough and municipal elections on the Kenai Peninsula opens on August 1st. Nine seats will be up for grabs between the cities of Kenai and Soldotna, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, and the School District Board of Education. In the Borough Assembly, Brent Hibbert from District 1 has reached the maximum allowable number of consecutive terms for an assembly seat and will not be running for re-election.