Composite 6.29 / 10, weighted per the Constitutional Weight Schedule.
Below the 700 bar, Author's Verdict: not supported.
Lands in the Adequate band at credit 650, below the 700 support line, Author's Verdict: not supported. (See section 7 for the full reasoning.)
No record of U.S. military service. Public service: North Dakota Public Service Commissioner 2012-2025 (appointed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple, later elected), serving as chair; U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large district since January 2025. Service context only, not scored. Character shown within office is graded as conduct in the measures above.
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 | 6 | why?First-term member seated January 2025; no documented stand defending a constitutional limit at personal
cost, and equally no documented subversion of constitutional process. Seated AFTER December 2020, she could
not have signed the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus, and the signatory list confirms her absence by date. No
impeachment, certification, or confirmation VOTE is scored here. A default-middle for a thin but clean record:
nothing to elevate, nothing to penalize.
[source] |
| M02 | Party Over Country | 7 | why?Documented affirmative cross-aisle conduct in a single term: co-led a bipartisan freshman group with Rep.
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) urging leadership to advance withhold-Member-pay-during-shutdown legislation, and
advanced veterans bills with broad bipartisan support. The Lugar/McCourt Bipartisan Index has no rating yet
(first term). Scored on the demonstrated willingness to work across the aisle, not on party alignment.
[source] |
| M03 | Persons of Equal Worth | 6 | why?No documented instance of casting opponents or citizens as people who do not belong; equally no signature
high-mark defense-of-an-opponent moment on record. Default-middle. The 2024 primary-day robotext episode was
run AGAINST her (she filed FEC/FCC complaints), not conduct by her, and is not charged here.
[source] |
| M04 | Weaponization of Justice | 6 | why?No documented weaponization of state power against rivals and no criterion-class process-subversion conduct.
Seated after December 2020; no amicus signature, no fake-elector involvement, no appointment-blocking pattern.
Clean default-middle.
[source] |
| M05 | Incitement / Anti-Belonging | 6 | why?Public communications in her first term are issue-and-energy-policy framed (broadband, energy permitting,
veterans, nuclear deterrence). No documented pattern of enemy-making or incitement rhetoric, and no standout
bridge-building rhetorical moment either. Restrained default-middle.
[source] |
| M06 | Fiduciary Conduct | 7 | why?No ethics finding, sanction, or open complaint at either the ND Public Service Commission (2012-2025) or in
the House. As PSC chair she publicly questioned the workability of proposed conflict-of-interest definitions, a process critique, weighed as a minor appearance-of-tension note, not a violation. Net upper-middle on a clean
fiduciary record.
[source] |
| M07 | Duty to Call Out | 6 | why?The active-duty standard is calling out one's OWN side at cost. No documented instance of Fedorchak breaking
from her party at personal cost on a conduct matter, and no documented failure to do so when conscience
required it. Thin first-term record; default-middle, neither credited nor penalized.
[source] |
| M08 | The Discretion Test | 6 | why?No documented discretion-test moment, no instance of refusing a personal advantage for the public good, and
no documented abuse of discretion. Default-middle on an insufficient but unblemished record.
[source] |
| M09 | The No-Camera Test | 6 | why?No documented gap between private conduct and public posture; no reporting of an off-camera reputation at odds
with the on-camera one. Insufficient record to elevate; nothing to penalize. Default-middle.
[source] |
| M10 | Constituent-vs-Donor Vote | 6 | why?First-term member representing North Dakota's single at-large district; legislative focus (energy exports,
rural broadband, veterans) tracks stated constituent priorities. No documented donor-over-constituent capture
conduct. Default-middle pending a longer record.
[source] |
| M11 | Net-Worth Trajectory | 7 | why?Scores ONLY office-attributable enrichment, self-dealing, family payments, office-information trades, foreign
revenue. None documented. Her estimated ~$7.5M net worth is RAW WEALTH and is explicitly NOT penalized here.
Affirmative positive signal: she co-introduced the Stop Insider Trading Act barring Members, spouses, and
dependents from buying publicly traded stocks and tightening sale-disclosure rules, conduct that cuts against
office-driven enrichment. Upper-middle.
[source] |
| M12 | Floor Decorum | 6 | why?No documented breach of institutional decorum or stunt-driven floor behavior; appointment to Energy and
Commerce in a first term reflects institutional standing. No standout regular-order or institution-over-
spectacle moment yet either. Default-middle.
[source] |
| M13 | Lying & Misleading | 6 | why?No documented sustained-falsehood pattern in her public communications, and no signature truth-telling-at-cost
moment. Issue-framed messaging without a documented record of repeated false claims. Default-middle.
[source] |
| M14 | Knowledge Depth | 7 | why?Thirteen years on the ND Public Service Commission (energy, pipeline safety, utility regulation) gives
demonstrable substantive command in her policy lane, reflected in a freshman appointment to Energy and Commerce, the first freshman seated there in 14 years. Substance over talking points within her domain. 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 | As ND PSC chair, publicly questioned how 'significant financial interest' would be defined in proposed Ethics Commission conflict-of-interest rules ↳ Fiduciary appearance-of-tension on disclosure standards | A process/workability critique, not a violation or sanction; no ethics finding on her record at PSC or in the House |
| M01 | First-term member with no documented stand defending a constitutional limit at personal cost ↳ Insufficient constitutional-courage record | Equally no subversion conduct; seated after Dec 2020, did not sign the Texas v. PA amicus, clean default, not a penalty for wrongdoing |
| M10 | Thin first-term constituent-fidelity record on which to judge donor-vs-constituent alignment ↳ Insufficient record | Stated legislative priorities track at-large district interests; no documented capture |
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
| 6 | why?Attributes: Steadiness, Selfless Service. A clean but short record, no documented courage-at-cost moment to elevate, and no documented collapse or self-interest drag to lower. Held at a solid default-middle. |
| II | Aspiration & Integrity
| 6 | why?Attributes: Conviction, Authenticity. Consistent issue-framed public posture with no documented integrity break; no standout self-reflection/teachability anchor yet either. Default-middle. |
| III | Protection & Influence
| 7 | why?Attributes: Stewardship, Accountability. Lifted by an affirmative anti-self-dealing act (co-introducing the Stop Insider Trading Act) and 13 years of substantive energy stewardship; no drag toward Exploitation. Upper-middle. |
| IV | Legacy & Virtue
| 6 | why?Attributes: Integrity, Love of Truth. Unblemished but young record; no documented falsehood pattern and no enemy-making, but also no durable legacy yet to credit. Default-middle. |
| TOTAL: Moderate | 25/40 |
Total 25/40, Adequate. The pillars hold at honest middles: a clean, conscientious first-term record with one affirmative positive signal (the stock-trading ban) but insufficient length to demonstrate the rare, costly conduct that earns the upper tiers.
What the Four Pillars are & the questions behind each →
In their own words
“Members of Congress should not be able to profit from the information they receive in office.”
Co-introducing the Stop Insider Trading Act to bar Members, spouses, and dependents from buying publicly traded stocks · Rep. Fedorchak press release · ACCOUNTABILITY · cite
“Withholding Member pay during a government shutdown is a matter of basic accountability to the people we serve.”
Co-leading a bipartisan freshman group with Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) urging a floor vote on shutdown-pay legislation · House freshman bipartisan letter, 2025 · CIVIC · cite
Full personnel file
1. Identity
Julie Ann Fedorchak. U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district since January 2025 (first term, 119th Congress). Republican. Previously North Dakota Public Service Commissioner 2012-2025, serving as chair, after appointment by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. First elected to Congress in 2024; announced a 2026 reelection campaign. Seated on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the first freshman placed there in 14 years.
2. Voting / Legislative Profile
First-term member; no Lugar/McCourt Bipartisan Index or settled DW-NOMINATE rating yet. Early signature work: Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act (passed House on a bipartisan vote, awaiting Senate); rural broadband legislation; veterans workforce-transition and benefits bills advanced with bipartisan support; co-introduced the Stop Insider Trading Act (Jan 2026) with Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) banning congressional stock trading. Co-led a bipartisan freshman push with Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) to withhold Member pay during shutdowns. Policy positions are not scored in either direction per the framework.
3. Constitutional Moments
None of consequence on record in a single term. Seated January 2025, after the December 2020 Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus and the January 6 certification, so neither the amicus nor any 2020 election-subversion conduct is attributable to her; the Texas v. PA signatory list confirms her absence by seating date. No documented criterion-class process-subversion or incitement conduct.
4. Rhetoric & Discourse Profile
First-term public communications are issue-framed, energy permitting and exports, rural broadband, veterans, nuclear deterrence. No documented pattern of enemy-making, incitement, or sustained falsehood, and no signature bridge-building rhetorical anchor either. Restrained and unremarkable; scored at honest middles.
5. Fiduciary Profile
No ethics finding, sanction, or open complaint at the ND Public Service Commission (2012-2025) or in the House. Estimated net worth ~$7.5M is RAW WEALTH and is expressly NOT penalized, only office-attributable enrichment is scored, of which none is documented. Affirmative positive signal: co-introduced the Stop Insider Trading Act restricting Member stock purchases. As PSC chair she raised workability concerns about proposed conflict-of- interest definitions, weighed as a minor process note, not a breach.
6. Severity-Class Conduct
No documented Severity-class conduct under any of the eight criteria. Seated after December 2020; did not sign the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus (confirmed against the signatory list by seating date), no fake-elector or process-subversion involvement, no documented sustained enemy-making or incitement pattern. Flag count: zero.
7. What The Framework Says
Fedorchak presents a clean, conscientious, but short first-term record. The standard finds no documented conduct violation, no ethics sanction, no process-subversion, no incitement, and one genuinely positive signal in the co-introduction of a congressional stock-trading ban, conduct that cuts against self-enrichment. Her ~$7.5M net worth is raw wealth and is not held against her. What is missing is the rare, costly conduct that earns the upper tiers: there is no documented stand for the oath at personal cost, in either direction. The result is an honest middle, Adequate. A record to revisit as it lengthens, not one the standard can yet rank higher or condemn.
8. Sources & Where To Look Deeper
Tier 1 (primary): Congress.gov member profile · U.S. House clerk member profile
Tier 2: Ballotpedia · GovTrack
Research links: Congress.gov member profile · Ballotpedia · GovTrack · House clerk profile (119th) · Wikipedia
Scores derive from the fixed Constitutional Weight Schedule. The bar does not move. Conduct, not party.