🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.
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1Open Bookscritical
40%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Own campaign is 38.9% PAC, but Runs Defending America's Values Everywhere, a leadership PAC accepting PAC money, per OpenSecrets. Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
35%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Voted to overturn the 2020 election (Jan 6, 2021 certification objection). Fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
64%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Generally focused on fiscal and data-driven arguments; limited record of dehumanizing rhetoric toward opponents.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
60%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Messaging centers on debt and deficit alarm; leans on fiscal-crisis framing more than an affirmative agenda.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
50%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
House Ethics found a 'lack of candor' during its probe; fiscal claims aside, the candor finding weighs against his truth score.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
45%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Fiscal-hawk who occasionally breaks with leadership on spending, but no consistent costly independence pattern.
60
7Morality
35%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
House reprimanded him and imposed a $50,000 fine in 2020 over 11 counts of campaign-finance and resource misuse; FEC later fined him further.
60
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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 →