📚 Summer school. Sylvia Garcia holds 6 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books). 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
65.9% of receipts from PACs — over the 15% cap; fails the money floor. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
82%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Nothing in the record shows election denial or incitement; she operates through legislation.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
78%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
As an impeachment manager her delivery was described as much drier than her peers, arguing conduct rather than character.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
78%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Her public work centers on what she is building; one of her bills cleared the House 396–28.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
65%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Partisan on marquee fights, as most poles are, without notable dishonesty on the record. Her legislative record on housing, labor, and immigration is consistent with her stated priorities.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
78%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Reintroduced the Dream and Promise Act with named Republican co-leads.
60
7Morality
78%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No personal-ethics problem; a former municipal judge and state senator with a low-temperature manner.
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 →