Must this really be posted every few hours? The AP has plenty of bias problems, and “guess the party” is a fun game when there’s a Democrat scandal, but (R) means “right” in this case.
No-one should be calling you a shill for Yahoo, xjcsa.
That said, the (R) really does yell out “Republican”, not “Right” to most people. I don’t doubt Yahoo were trying it on.