🚫 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
95%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
1.7% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% corporate-money cap. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
28%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
The 2020 suit to overturn the election leaves the Peaceful Hand-Off unheld.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
32%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Attacking Cornyn for bipartisan work leaves Dignity unheld.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
35%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
No Article cleanly held; no fear-restraint credit registers.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
29%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
The 2020 suit to overturn the election and the securities-fraud indictment leave Truth unheld. A 2023 impeachment on 20 articles and a $3.3 million whistleblower-retaliation settlement leave A Kept Word unheld.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
30%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Attacking Cornyn for bipartisan work leaves cross-party credit unheld.
60
7Morality
8%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
A 2015 securities-fraud indictment, a 2023 impeachment on twenty articles, and a $3.3M whistleblower-retaliation settlement — serious documented character failings.
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 →