📚 Summer school. Mark R. Warner holds 4 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). 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
Own campaign is 11.8% PAC, but Runs Forward Together PAC, a leadership PAC accepting PAC money (OpenSecrets). Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Joint statement backing Virginia's Democratic counter-map — 'we strongly support this effort' (warner.senate.gov, 2026). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
78%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Measured, institution-focused tone as Intel vice chair; rarely uses dehumanizing or contempt-laden rhetoric toward opponents.
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4Fear Is Not Fuel
72%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Largely policy- and agenda-driven (tech, national security), though warns on security threats; not primarily grievance-fueled.
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5Truth & a Kept Word
75%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No sustained fact-check pattern of falsehoods; votes generally track stated positions; solid factual reputation.
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6Against the Spirit of Party
58%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Some genuine bipartisan dealmaking (Gang of Eight, infrastructure framework), but generally a reliable Democratic vote.
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7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the wealthiest senators; holdings disclosed per rules; no documented corruption or personal-ethics scandal on record.
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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 →