He is a democrat. I just wrote the reporter and mentioned that if he were Republican that he would be touting that for two weeks.
Good for you!! Tell them conservatives are their friends - we just want to keep them honest. ;)
I do that all the time with the local news site here about the democrat (Of course, they barely mention it) in Colorado who killed a pregnant woman in Texas on the road.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28406170/detail.html#jsid-1309477142-136