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Lucy Dathan
State Rep · D–CT
7/7
🥇 Gold
1Open Bookscritical
66%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Works inside Connecticut's public-financing program and co-authored 2025 legislation strengthening it; her own CEP grant remains to be confirmed.
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
85%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Nothing in the record indicates election denial or any threat to peaceful transfer of power.
3The Dignity of the Opponent
72%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Reform work built to be non-partisan across all four legislative caucuses.
4Fear Is Not Fuel
72%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
A CPA focused on oversight and structural reform rather than fear-based politics.
5Truth & a Kept Word
73%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
A CPA whose reform work reflects careful, accurate legislative craft. Consistent public-financing reform record with no broken commitments documented.
6Against the Spirit of Party
78%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Co-chairs the bipartisan Government Oversight Committee, building reform to reach across all four caucuses.
7Morality
85%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
A CPA who co-chairs the bipartisan Government Oversight Committee; built reform to be non-partisan, with no ethics issue shown.
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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 →