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Sean Casten

Sean Casten

Democratic · IL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

  • Representative IL-6 2019–present

Background

  • background Born November 23, 1971; a businessman and member of the Democratic Party
  • role U.S. Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district (southwestern Chicago and suburbs)
  • background Due to 2020 census redistricting, competed with fellow Democrat Marie Newman for same district in 2022 primary
  • role Defeated Marie Newman in Democratic primary on June 28, 2022
  • role Won general election on November 8, 2022, defeating Republican nominee Keith Pekau

Campaign finance

2024 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House IL-06 · 2026 General Election

  • $3,128,625 raised
  • $2,488,899 spent
  • $694,143 cash on hand
$3.13M
$2.98M
$1.98M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.74M
Unitemized (< $200)$233.39K
Party committees$2.00K
Other committees (PACs)$1.00M
Transfers from other committees$7.70K
Offsets to expenditures$93.61K
Other receipts$47.00K
$2.49M
Operating expenditures$1.72M
Contribution refunds$27.70K
Other disbursements$739.57K
Cash on hand$694.14K
Debts owed by committee$75.69K

Through December 31, 2024 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2024)

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Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Sean Casten campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$6,439,712$6,362,182$77,529
2020$5,706,348$5,437,739$346,138
2022$5,577,460$5,869,182$54,416
2024$3,128,625$2,488,899$694,143
2026$2,108,920$1,518,045$1,285,018

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 47
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 349 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 47 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 5
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 12
    Disclosed stock trades →

    0 tickers · 11 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Sean Casten. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (5)

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $15,800
  • UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $13,975
  • CME GROUP $12,925
  • DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP $12,900
  • MESIROW FINANCIAL $9,900
  • NULL $9,400
  • KIRKLAND & ELLIS $7,100
  • VINTAGE PLACE SETTINGS LTD $6,700
  • THE BAUPOST GROUP $6,600
  • VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $12,097 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $64,533 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

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Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Casten, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Casten most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Casten connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10073Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 9, 2026
  • HR 9945Lowering Energy Costs through Grid Modernization ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9808No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9732Multi-Class Stock Company Voting Transparency Act.sponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HRES 1432Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HRES 1417Remembering the lives lost and honoring the survivors 4 years after the Independence Day Parade shooting that occurred on July 4, 2022, in Highland Park, Illinois.cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HRES 1415Celebrating the country's history of church-state separation and recognizing the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9454Next Generation Shipping ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9449Global Climate Resilience Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9399Juvenile Firearms Safety Act of 2026sponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9268Stop Crypto ATM Scams ActsponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9195Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HR 9183Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HR 9208HEAR Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HR 9047Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9036American High-Speed Rail ActcosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 8952Elder Pride Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8919To nullify the decision and order of the Endangered Species Committee with respect to certain oil and gas activities, and for other purposes.cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8831Protecting Our Democracy ActcosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8798Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8744TREE ActcosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HR 8717Negating Neighborhood Noise Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HR 8592No WAR ActcosponsoredApr 29, 2026
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Committee activity

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