📚 Summer school. Pat Harrigan 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
33.3% 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; a Green Beret whose public work reads legislative.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
78%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
No enemy-class rhetoric surfaced in reputable sourcing; his public record reads legislative.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
60%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
A freshman with a thin record and standard partisan framing rather than fearmongering.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
65%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Too short a record to judge fully, with no caricature of opponents on display yet. His hard-right votes are consistent with how he campaigned; the record is short but shows no reversals.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
78%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Co-led two bipartisan bills — grid modernization with Rep. Whitesides and nuclear rate stabilization with Rep. Panetta.
60
7Morality
78%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No personal-ethics problem; a Green Beret and businessman with no inflammatory quote in the reputable record.
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 →