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Democracy’s Stars and Failures

Opinion from Team Thomas

Thomas has been tracking how members of Congress behave when it comes to protecting and preserving American democracy, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Here are our current rankings of those we believe have been stars and those who have fallen woefully short of that expectation.

Democracy’s Stars by State

(Those Receiving an A Rating currently from Thomas, for those of you counting, 26 are Democrats, 16 are Republicans, one is Independent, and 1 is a political body)

  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska

  • Sen. Mark Kelly (D) of Arizona

  • Rep. Ted Lieu (D) of California

  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) of California

  • Rep. Tom McClintock (R) of California

  • Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) of California

  • Rep. David Valadao (R) of California

  • Sen. Michael Bennett (D) of Colorado

  • Rep. Jason Crow (D) of Colorado

  • Sen. Chris Murphy (D) of Connecticut

  • Rep. Jim Hines (D) of Connecticut

  • Sen. Chris Coons (D) of Delaware

  • Rep. Kathy Castor (D) of Florida

  • Gov. Brian Kemp (R) of Georgia

  • Sen. Dick Durbin (D) of Illinois

  • Sen. Jerry Moran (R) of Kansas

  • Gov. Andy Beshear (D) of Kentucky

  • Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) of Louisiana

  • Sen. Angus King (I) of Maine

  • Gov. Wes Moore (D) of Maryland

  • Sen. Gary Peters (D) of Michigan

  • Rep. Debbie Dingell (D) of Michigan

  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) of Minnesota

  • Rep. Bennie Thompson (D) of Mississippi

  • Sen. Steve Daines (R) of Montana

  • Rep. Dan Goldman (D) of New York

  • Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D) of New York

  • Rep. Mike Lawler (R) of New York

  • Sen. James Langford (R) of Oklahoma

  • Sen. Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon

  • Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) of Pennsylvania

  • Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R) of Pennsylvania

  • Sen. Jack Reed (D) of Rhode Island

  • Rep. James Clyburn (D) of South Carolina

  • Sen. John Thune (R) of South Dakota

  • Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) of Texas

  • Rep. Michael McCaul (R) of Texas

  • Gov. Phil Scott (R) of Vermont

  • Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) of Virginia

  • The Virginia Legislature (D/D)

  • Sen. Mark Warner (D) of Virginia

  • Sen. Tim Kaine (D) of Virginia

  • Sen. Patty Murray (D) of Washington

  • Rep. Dan Newhouse (R) of Washington

Democracy’s Failures by state

(Those Receiving an F Rating currently from Thomas, for those of you counting, 19 are Republicans, 6 are Democrats, and none Independents)

  • Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) of Alabama

  • Rep. Paul Gosar (R) of Arizona

  • Rep. Andy Biggs (R) of Arizona

  • Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) of Arkansas

  • Rep. Maxine Waters (D) of California

  • Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) of Colorado

  • Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) of Florida

  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) of Georgia

  • Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R) of Georgia

  • Rep. James Comer (R) of Kentucky

  • Rep. Thomas Massie (R) of Kentucky

  • Speaker Mike Johnson (R) of Louisiana

  • Rep. Clay Higgins (R) of Louisiana

  • Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) of Michigan

  • Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) of Minnesota

  • Sen. Josh Hawley (R) of Missouri

  • Mayor Eric Adams (D) of New York City

  • Rep. Alexandra Ocazio-Cortez (D) of New York

  • Rep. Virginia Foxx (R) of North Carolina

  • Rep. Jim Jordan (R) of Ohio

  • Rep. Max Miller (R) of Ohio

  • Rep. Scott Perry (R) of Pennsylvania

  • Gov. Greg Abbott (R) of Texas

  • Sen. Ted Cruz (R) of Texas

  • Rep. Ronny Jackson (R) of Texas