📚 Summer school. Victoria Spartz holds 4 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (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
8.9% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% cap, and no corporate leadership PAC. (FEC 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
'I fully support mid-cycle redistricting' backing Indiana's GOP redraw (WFYI/ICC, Aug 2025). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
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3The Dignity of the Opponent
60%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Sharp, combative style and pointed criticism of colleagues, but rhetoric stays policy-directed rather than dehumanizing opponents as an enemy class.
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4Fear Is Not Fuel
62%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Mixes fiscal-restraint agenda with grievance framing; not primarily a fear-driven messenger, limited alarmist rhetoric on record.
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5Truth & a Kept Word
55%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Documented reversals on her own retirement decisions (2022 announcement then re-run) undercut a kept word, though no major fact-check pattern.
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6Against the Spirit of Party
82%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Genuine maverick: repeated breaks with GOP leadership, speakership-vote holdout, and lone-vote positions at real cost to standing.
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7Morality
55%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
Business Insider and other outlets documented among Congress's highest staff turnover and allegations of mistreating staff; no criminal or financial findings.
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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 →