Composite 6.34 / 10, weighted per the Constitutional Weight Schedule.
Below the 700 bar, Author's Verdict: not supported.
Lands in the Adequate band at credit 655, below the 700 support line, Author's Verdict: not supported. (See section 7 for the full reasoning.)
No personal military service. Daughter of a 20-year U.S. Army veteran; her legislative record includes veteran-focused work (SERV Act, PACT Act support). Service context is noted, not scored.
The 14 measures
Each measure is scored 0–10 against an anchored example, with a cited source. Hover/expand why? for the reasoning.
| # | Measure | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| M01 | Duty to Constitution & Rule of Law | 7 | why?Seated January 2019; could not have signed the December 2020 Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus and did not. Voted to certify the 2020 results, the constitutional process functioning, scored neither for nor against per the contamination rule. No documented process-subversion conduct. No criterion-8 flag. Upper-middle: clean on the oath-defense axis without a defining at-cost stand to push higher. [source] |
| M02 | Party Over Country | 7 | why?Documented bipartisan cosponsorship pattern (70%+ of cosponsored bills bipartisan; self-reported 83% bipartisan support of bills in 2024) and a mid-pack Lugar BPI placement. Reaches across the aisle on veterans (SERV Act) and infrastructure rather than treating cross-party cooperation as betrayal. Solid, not exceptional. [source] |
| M03 | Persons of Equal Worth | 6 | why?No documented pattern of casting opponents or constituents as outsiders who do not belong; rhetoric stays largely issue-focused. Held at upper-middle rather than higher absent a documented high-mark defense of an opponent's personhood. No anti-belonging instance on record. [source] |
| M04 | Weaponization of Justice | 7 | why?No documented weaponization of state power against rivals or critics; no criterion-class conduct. No criterion-8 flag (not an amicus signatory; seated after Dec 2020). Clean on power-restraint. [source] |
| M05 | Incitement / Anti-Belonging | 6 | why?Measured public communication; no documented sustained inflammatory or dehumanizing rhetoric. Partisan policy framing is present but is policy heat, not enemy-making, and is not scored. No criterion-10 flag. Middle-to-upper; restraint without a standout civic high mark. [source] |
| M06 | Fiduciary Conduct | 5 | why?An appearance-of-conflict concern: held FuelCell Energy, Maxeon Solar, and SunPower while on Transportation & Infrastructure, liquidating only after media exposure in June 2022. No finding of violation and no charge, weighed as an appearance-concern, not a breach. Mitigated by joining 18 colleagues calling for a congressional stock-trading ban. Middle: real fiduciary drag, partial ownership. [source] |
| M07 | Duty to Call Out | 6 | why?Bipartisan cosponsorship shows willingness to work with the other side, but the higher bar, publicly calling out one's OWN side at political cost, is not documented in the record reviewed. Credit for cross-aisle work without evidence of the costlier self-critical stand. Upper-middle. [source] |
| M08 | The Discretion Test | 6 | why?No documented abuse of discretionary advantage or special-treatment-seeking; the stock matter is captured under M06/M11 as fiduciary, not discretion. Clean middle absent a documented purest-form discretion test in either direction. [source] |
| M09 | The No-Camera Test | 6 | why?No documented private-versus-public contempt gap; no reporting of an off-camera reputation diverging from the on-camera posture. Middle on absence-of-evidence rather than affirmative high-mark documentation. [source] |
| M10 | Constituent-vs-Donor Vote | 6 | why?Documented constituent-facing delivery (KS-3 infrastructure projects, veteran small-business legislation) consistent with district service. No documented donor-over-constituent capture. Solid middle. [source] |
| M11 | Net-Worth Trajectory | 6 | why?Scores ONLY office-attributable enrichment. The green-energy holdings overlapping her committee jurisdiction are a genuine office-info/self-dealing APPEARANCE concern, no finding, no charge, divested after exposure. No documented family payments, foreign-government revenue, or proven office-info trades. Weighed as appearance, not breach; raw wealth not penalized. Middle. [source] |
| M12 | Floor Decorum | 7 | why?Sustained institutional decorum across four terms; no documented decorum-breaking incidents (no censure, no floor sanctions). Honors the institution in ordinary conduct. Upper-middle. [source] |
| M13 | Lying & Misleading | 6 | why?No documented sustained pattern of falsehoods; partisan characterizations exist but do not rise to a documented dishonesty pattern. Middle absent affirmative high-mark fact-discipline documentation. [source] |
| M14 | Knowledge Depth | 7 | why?Demonstrated substantive command on infrastructure and veterans policy, authored the bipartisan SERV Act, worked the bipartisan infrastructure law through the T&I Committee, supported the PACT Act. Substance over talking points. Upper-middle. [source] |
Why not higher, the points withheld
The standard is the seat; the ceiling is a perfect 10. Every withheld point traces to documented conduct, weighed where the measures and attributes say it belongs, shown openly here, the same way the earned points are.
| Where | Documented conduct | Mitigation weighed |
|---|---|---|
| M06 | Held FuelCell Energy, Maxeon Solar, and SunPower stock while serving on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; liquidated only after a June 2022 media exposé, filing the disclosure with House Ethics ↳ Fiduciary appearance-of-conflict | No finding of violation, no charge; subsequently joined 18 colleagues urging a congressional stock-trading ban, partial affirmative ownership |
| M11 | Committee-jurisdiction-overlapping green-energy holdings divested post-exposure ↳ office-info self-dealing appearance | No proven office-info trade, no family/foreign revenue; appearance-concern only, not a breach; raw wealth not penalized |
| M07 | No documented instance of calling out her own side at political cost; cross-aisle work is cosponsorship-based ↳ active-duty call-out bar not met | Genuine bipartisan cosponsorship record partially offsets |
| M02 | Mid-pack Lugar Bipartisan Index placement rather than top-quartile ↳ bipartisan-reach ceiling | Substantial bipartisan cosponsorship and enacted bipartisan work |
The Four Pillars, worthy to be followed?
A separate axis from the 14 measures. The measures ask did their conduct meet the standard; the Pillars ask is this someone worthy to be elevated and followed at all. The two can diverge, when they do, the divergence is the finding.
| # | Pillar | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Trust & Loyalty
| 7 | why?Attributes: Steadiness, Selfless Service, Loyalty to institution, voted to certify under the constitutional process, sustained ordinary institutional fidelity across four terms. No documented drag toward Collapse or Self-Interest in the oath-defense axis; held at 7 rather than higher absent a documented at-cost stand. |
| II | Aspiration & Integrity
| 6 | why?Attributes: Conviction, Authenticity, Teachability, the stock matter is a drag toward Integrity's opposite, partially offset by joining the trading-ban push (Self-Reflection). Honest middle: real fiduciary blemish, partial correction. |
| III | Protection & Influence
| 6 | why?Attributes: Protection, Stewardship, Accountability, used office for documented constituent delivery (infrastructure, veteran entrepreneurs) with no documented Exploitation. The committee-overlap stock holding is the lone Stewardship drag. Solid middle. |
| IV | Legacy & Virtue
| 6 | why?Attributes: Integrity, Justice, Love of Truth, a clean institutional record with the stock appearance-concern as the asterisk. Durable, unspectacular fidelity; held at 6 by the absence of a defining virtue high mark and the presence of the fiduciary drag. |
| TOTAL: Moderate | 25/40 |
Total 25/40, Adequate. A solid, conduct-clean record on the oath-defense and decorum axes, dragged at the margin by the 2022 green-energy stock appearance-concern. Honest middle, not extraordinary.
What the Four Pillars are & the questions behind each →
In their own words
“More than seven out of every ten bills I've cosponsored are bipartisan.”
Year-end summary emphasizing cross-aisle work · davids.house.gov bipartisan results page · CIVIC · cite
“Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependents should be banned from owning or trading individual securities.”
Joining 18 colleagues calling for a congressional stock-trading ban after her own holdings drew scrutiny · davids.house.gov / news reporting · ACCOUNTABILITY · cite
Full personnel file
1. Identity
Sharice Lynnette Davids (born May 22, 1980, Frankfurt, West Germany). U.S. Representative for Kansas's 3rd congressional district since 2019, serving her fourth term. Member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress and the first openly LGBT person elected to Congress from Kansas. Johnson County Community College to Cornell Law School; former economic-development director on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; former professional MMA fighter. Daughter of a 20-year U.S. Army veteran. Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.
2. Voting / Legislative Profile
McCourt/Lugar Bipartisan Index mid-pack in the House (117th: ~199th, BPI -0.428); self-reported bipartisan support exceeding 70% of cosponsored bills and 83% of bills supported in 2024. Signature work: bipartisan Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans (SERV) Act (passed the House); worked the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act through the T&I Committee; supported the Honoring our PACT Act. The Jan-6 certification vote is recorded as institutional/process conduct (the constitutional process working), NOT scored on policy or partisan merits. Identity and policy positions are noted, never scored.
3. Constitutional Moments
Seated January 2019, not eligible to have signed the December 2020 Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus, and did not. Voted to certify the 2020 electoral results; was present in the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The certification vote is the constitutional process functioning and is scored neither for nor against, per the contamination rule barring impeachment/certification votes from M01/M07/M11.
4. Rhetoric & Discourse Profile
Largely issue-focused public communication across four terms; no documented pattern of dehumanizing opponents or casting citizens as outsiders who do not belong (no criterion-10 flag). Partisan policy framing is present and is treated as policy heat, not enemy-making, and is not scored. No documented high-mark defense of an opponent's personhood to push the belonging measures above upper-middle.
5. Fiduciary Profile
The principal fiduciary concern is the 2022 green-energy stock matter: Davids held FuelCell Energy, Maxeon Solar, and SunPower while serving on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, an appearance-of-conflict given the committee's jurisdiction. She liquidated the portfolio after a June 2022 media exposé and filed the disclosure with House Ethics. No finding of violation and no charge, weighed as an appearance-concern, not a breach. Mitigated by her joining 18 colleagues urging a ban on member stock trading. Raw wealth is not penalized; only the office-overlap appearance is.
6. Severity-Class Conduct
No documented Severity-class conduct under any of the eight criteria. Not a Texas v. PA amicus signatory (seated after December 2020). No documented process-subversion (criterion 8) and no documented sustained enemy-making or incitement pattern (criterion 10). The 2022 stock appearance-concern is a fiduciary drag, not a severity flag. Flag count: zero.
7. What The Framework Says
An honest middle. Davids's record is clean on the oath-defense and institutional-decorum axes, no process-subversion, no enemy-making pattern, sustained ordinary fidelity across four terms, and a genuine bipartisan cosponsorship habit. The standard records the one real drag honestly: the 2022 green-energy stock appearance-of-conflict, partially owned by her subsequent support for a trading ban. The composite lands Adequate rather than Sound because the strengths are solid-but-unspectacular and no defining at-cost stand pushes the oath measures into the apex tier. Solid, not extraordinary.
8. Sources & Where To Look Deeper
Tier 1 (primary): Congress.gov member profile · House Ethics / financial disclosure (2022 divestment)
Tier 2: Ballotpedia · Lugar/McCourt Bipartisan Index · Sentinel KS (2022 stock reporting)
Research links: Congress.gov member profile · Ballotpedia · GovTrack · Lugar/McCourt Bipartisan Index · Wikipedia
Scores derive from the fixed Constitutional Weight Schedule. The bar does not move. Conduct, not party.