# Melinda Greene, Candidate for Clerk-Recorder-Assessor | Newsmakers with JR

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Podcast: [TV Santa Barbara](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tv-santa-barbara-6830440)
Published: 2026-04-30T23:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://tv-santa-barbara.captivate.fm
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Melinda Greene, the non-elective Chief Deputy in the Clerk-Recorder-Assessor’s office, in the June 2 primary is challenging Joe Holland, now seeking an unprecedented seventh term as head of the low-profile but consequential department, which also administers local elections. In a conversation with Josh Molina and the genial host, Greene says that her boss’s long-term physical absence from work is a crucial difference in the race, in a year when local elections officials are under direct threat from Donald Trump, and “being present” is essential to ensuring the integrity of voter ballots and information.

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