🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Free & Fair Elections). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.
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1Open Bookscritical
80%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
7.6% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% cap, and no corporate leadership PAC. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Backed Missouri's GOP redraw; pushed targeting majority-minority districts in blue states (KCUR, Feb 2026). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
46%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
As AG built a combative brand of suing opponents, with rhetoric often casting adversaries as enemies to be defeated.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
42%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Messaging centers on grievance and 'weaponization' alarm more than an affirmative agenda.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
42%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
As Missouri AG he led a 17-state Supreme Court amicus backing Texas's bid to void other states' 2020 results, resting on debunked fraud claims.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
40%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Reliable Trump ally who votes the party line with no documented independence at cost.
60
7Morality
72%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No personal-corruption or criminal matter on record; his 2020 election-overturn amicus is public conduct, scored under truth.
60
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