📚 Summer school. Ann Wagner holds 4 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Own campaign is 32.4% PAC, but Runs leadership PAC 'A New Nation PAC' (FEC/OpenSecrets). Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Publicly 'fully supportive' of Missouri's 2025 mid-decade GOP redistricting, telling the governor and president so (STLPR). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
62%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Partisan but conventional public manner; no widely documented dehumanizing or contempt rhetoric toward opponents.
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4Fear Is Not Fuel
60%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Mixes affirmative and partisan-contrast messaging; nothing marking her as unusually fear-driven.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
60%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Joined the 2020 Texas amicus seeking to discard swing-state votes on false-fraud premises, though she voted to certify (record).
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6Against the Spirit of Party
42%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Largely party-line; her certification vote broke with objectors but overall independence is limited.
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7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented personal-ethics, corruption, or legal matter on record; default neutral applied.
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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →