Name that party

Posted on January 27, 2008

Now I know - sometimes mayoral elections are supposedly “non partisan” so I suppose the reporter could claim naming the mayor’s party is not relevant. But I think it is.

DETROIT - A prosecutor launched an investigation Friday into allegations that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied under oath about an affair with his top aide. Some political observers are questioning whether the popular yet polarizing figure should stay on the job.

To find the answer was difficult - not only does this article not mention which party but numerous others about this scandal (here), other scandals (here) involving the mayor and even articles about positive things he has done, none named his party affiliation. But there were endorsements of his campaign from several Democrat legislators, not least of which was his mother - Democrat Congressman from Michigan.

Digging further, I finally found that when the mayor was in the Michigan legislature he was head of the - wait for it - Democrat Caucus. And I really do think it is fair to make note of his party - since this information came from his campaign web site from the 2005 re-election.

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