🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.
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1Open Bookscritical
40%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Own campaign is 37.2% PAC, but Maintains a leadership PAC (Defend Our Conservative Senate PAC) per OpenSecrets listings. Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
35%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Voted to overturn the 2020 election (Jan 6, 2021 certification objection). Fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
55%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Sharply partisan on border and cultural issues but no widely documented dehumanizing or contempt-laden rhetoric toward opponents.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
45%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Messaging leans heavily on border-threat and cultural-alarm framing over an affirmative agenda.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
50%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Announced intent to object to 2020 electors based on debunked fraud claims and joined the rejected Texas SCOTUS suit.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
35%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Reliable conservative party-line voter with little documented independence at personal cost.
60
7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented personal corruption, criminal/civil action, or credible ethics scandal on record; default neutral.
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 →