The Legislative Branch
Article I
Congress — the House & Senate
Every member of Congress, on one number that can’t be spun: Money — their Open Books score, computed straight from FEC filings by how much of their war chest comes from PACs. Open Books is a critical Article, so failing it means no seal, whatever else they do. Our Rating is the full seven-Article read, filling in as we go.
Qualified — Gold. His own money is clean (0.5% from PACs, ~97% small-dollar per FEC), so the outside super PAC he can’t control doesn’t disqualify him under the 15% cap, and all seven Articles hold. His opponent, Ken Paxton, is Not Fit for Public Office.
Full scored read →More races roll in on the same data — every challenger measured against the Standard, popularity shown beside our rating.
Money is the Open Books score (0–100), computed from each member’s FEC filings: the more of their money that comes from PACs, the lower it runs — gold clears the floor, red fails it. Hover for the exact PAC share. Our Rating is the full seven-Article editorial read, filling in member by member. Why a computer scored this →