Political affiliation not screamed at volume 11 repeatedly in the headline. So before reading, prolly safe to assume demonrat
“Wood, a Democrat who was first elected auditor in 2008, had already announced last week that she wouldn’t seek reelection in 2024. That came before a Wake County grand jury formally accused her of a pair of misdemeanors.”
They just sort of slipped the affiliation in there...like the editors were having a constipated BM.