What's Richie Ianella running for?

Most people will have to reach fairly deep into their memory banks to recall who Richard Ianella is - it's not like he's made the papers much since leaving the city council for the position of Suffolk County registrar of probate. So when he suddenly threatens legal action over the way VIPs get front-row seats at the July Fourth concert, Jon Keller begins to suspect Ianella's getting bored presiding over probate records.

And why is registrar of probate still an elected position, anyway? It's not like there's any real policy decisions anymore.