📚 Summer school. Michael F. Bennet holds 5 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 8.7% PAC, but Runs a leadership PAC (Common Sense Colorado) per OpenSecrets. Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Backed a Colorado amendment for one-time mid-decade redistricting (Colorado Newsline/KUNC, Dec 2025). 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
Civil manner; his viral 2019 floor speech criticized dysfunction without dehumanizing opponents; generally respectful tone.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
74%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Emphasizes affirmative reform agenda (kids, democracy reform) over threat-and-grievance messaging.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
75%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No notable fact-check pattern; reputation for candor; votes generally consistent with stated positions.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
60%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Moderate with occasional public breaks from party process and rhetoric, though usually votes with Democrats.
60
7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented corruption or personal-ethics matter on record; default neutral applied.
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 →