Anyone pretending to run for Congress as an independent is a blithering fool in the first place.
Independents, Libertarians are Democrats in Disguise, bought and payed for by the DNC.
Their job is(was) to spoil Republican candidates chances by splitting the vote. If they manage to get elected they simply caucused with the Democrats.
But those days are gone now, now that we are blessed with mail-in voting and Dominion.