📚 Summer school. Zoe Lofgren 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 25.4% PAC, but Associated with Mainstream PAC leadership committee accepting PAC money (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
Publicly supported California's 2025 Prop 50 partisan map and helped assess the redrawn districts (LAist, Monterey County Now). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
72%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Measured Judiciary veteran; fierce on institutional matters without documented dehumanizing rhetoric toward opponents.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
68%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Advances affirmative democracy-reform and tech-policy agendas; grievance is not her primary fuel.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
78%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Strong factual reputation; her Jan 6 committee and election-law work is grounded in documented record.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
50%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Largely votes with her party; a longtime anti-gerrymandering reformer who nonetheless backed the partisan Prop 50.
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7Morality
78%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented ethics, criminal or civil matter; long record as a process and reform advocate.
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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 →