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Sean Casten

US Representative (D-IL-6)
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Sean Casten is the Democratic U.S. Representative (IL's 6th congressional district). The platform has 4 voting records on file (2024-2025) and 44 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Facts on record29
Connections mapped61
Sources cited14
✦ Thin coverage gap +230 connected to 61 entities · only 29 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
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Key Connections
← International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee organization
donor
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000885/
← Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners organization
donor
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001016/
← Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers organization
donor
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002469/
← United Auto Workers (Uaw V Cap) organization
donor
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002840/
← Intl Union Of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers PAC organization
donor
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003632/
← American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) organization
donor
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004275/
← Mortgage Bankers Association PAC (Morpac) organization
donor
$5,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004812/
← National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors PAC organization
donor
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00005249/
Facts (29)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 166d ago · Avg age: 183d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (28)
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✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: 2024 general election margin (Casten vs. Conforti): Casten 53.5% – Conforti 46.5%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 77.2%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+): 44.2%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population Hispanic: 16.1%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population White (non-Hispanic): 72.4%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 5.3%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2023 ACS 5-year): $99,953
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment 1 (2022) - Right to Collective Bargaining (2022) — passed, margin 59% yes – 41% no
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.11)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (share 0.12)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.14)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 52 - Finance and Insurance (share 0.16)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: DuPage County Government (2500 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Advocate Health Care (Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove) (3000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago / major corporations HQs (5000 employees)
✓ verified Pending Review [constituency_baseline] District summary: Illinois's 6th Congressional District covers parts of Cook and DuPage counties in Chicago's western suburbs, including Downers Grove, Wheaton, Lisle, Orland Park, and Western Springs. It is a solidly Democratic, affluent, and highly educated district represented by Sean Casten since 2019, when he flipped a longtime Republican seat. The district has a median household income of approximately $99,953—more than double the national median—and a poverty rate of just 5.3%. The population is predominantly White (72.4%) with a significant Hispanic minority (16.1%). The economy centers on professional services, finance, healthcare, and education, with no major military installations. The district is car-dependent (69% drive alone) with a mean commute of 29.8 minutes. Casten won reelection in 2024 with 53.5% of the vote.
Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 1023 (To repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fund) on 2024-03-22: Casten voted to protect the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (green bank) against GOP repeal. As a former clean-energy entrepreneur and co-chair of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, this vote aligned with his signature policy identity. The district's 44.2% college-degree attainment rate suggests strong constituent support for climate action, and Casten had previously called the climate crisis his 'top priority.'
Date: 2024-03-22 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 1023
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation)) on 2025-07-03: Casten voted against the bill that cut an estimated $1 trillion from Medicaid and $187 billion from SNAP while extending Trump-era tax cuts. His affluent district (median income $99,953, poverty rate 5.3%) is less dependent on these programs, but his finance-sector donors ($761,177 from Finance/Insurance/Real Estate) benefited from the bill's deregulatory and tax provisions. All 212 Democrats voted nay, making this a party-line vote with donor pressure pulling the opposite direction.
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 7217 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (standalone Israel aid without Gaza humanitarian funding)) on 2024-02-06: Casten voted against a standalone Israel military aid package that omitted humanitarian assistance for Gaza, breaking with right-leaning pro-Israel donors. This vote precipitated his return of $50,000 to Pro-Israel America PAC donors weeks earlier. 46 Democrats voted yea; Casten joined 154 Democrats in opposition, but the vote crossed his donor base.
Date: 2024-02-06 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 7217
✓ verified Pending Review [vote] Two months later, Casten voted in favor of the comprehensive supplemental funding package (H.R. 8035) that included $14.1 billion in military aid to Israel alongside $9.2 billion in humanitarian aid for Gaza, issuing a statement supporting Israel's right to self-defense and stating 'this supplemental funding package helps Israel safeguard its people against pressing threats from Hamas and Iran.'
Date: 2024-04-20 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review [vote] Casten voted against H.R. 7217, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (2024), stating the standalone bill 'fails to provide a single penny of humanitarian aid; that failure makes it inhumane to Palestinians and reduces the long-term security of Israelis.'
Date: 2024-02-06 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Partially Corroborated CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange, contributed $24,400 ($14,400 from individuals, $10,000 from PAC) to Casten's 2024 campaign.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Grippo & Elden, a Chicago-based law firm, contributed $26,400 to Casten's campaign in the 2023-2024 cycle.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Lone Pine Capital, a hedge fund, contributed $26,400 to Casten's campaign committee in the 2023-2024 cycle.
✓ verified Primary Source On April 6, 2022, Casten's campaign returned nearly $50,000 in contributions from 15 donors of Pro-Israel America PAC, after Casten took actions at odds with right-leaning pro-Israel orthodoxy, per FEC records reviewed by The Intercept.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated JStreetPAC contributed $28,125 to Casten's 2024 campaign committee, making it the second-largest identifiable contributor after Argonne National Laboratory ($28,260).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Casten's top contributing industries in the 2024 cycle were Securities & Investment ($266,833), Lawyers/Law Firms ($195,539), and Education ($137,594). Top sector was Finance/Insurance/Real Estate at $761,177.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated In the 2023-2024 cycle, Casten's campaign raised $3,007,318, with 33.33% ($1,002,269) from PAC contributions and 57.94% ($1,742,644) from large individual contributions, per OpenSecrets compilation of FEC data.
All Connections (61)
→ General Dynamics company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection.
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection found in provided facts. Casten's top industry donors include Securities & Investment firms.
donor inferential since 2024
Casten's votes on Israel aid bills and his return of Pro-Israel America PAC donations suggest tension with right-leaning pro-Israel groups, but no direct contribution from AIPAC/UDP is documented here.
→ Palantir Technologies company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented financial or professional link in provided facts. Casten's district includes finance sector which trades defense-linked derivatives.
→ Anduril Industries company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented link. Casten voted against NDAA FY2025, which would affect defense contractors generally.
→ Booz Allen Hamilton company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection. Casten's district has minimal direct defense industry employment.
→ CACI International company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection in provided facts.
→ Carlyle Group company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection. Casten's top industry donor is Securities & Investment ($266,833).
→ Leidos company
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No documented connection.
→ L3Harris Technologies company
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection.
no confirmed direct connection inferential since N/A
No documented connection. Casten's Securities & Investment donors have indirect interest via defense-linked derivatives.
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000885/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001016/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002469/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002840/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003632/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004275/
donor primary since 2024
$5,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004812/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00005249/
donor primary since 2024
$9,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007542/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007922/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010868/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00011114/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012245/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012476/
← Title Industry PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012914/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00022343/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023580/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00024521/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00028860/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029447/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00032698/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00032979/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00034595/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00035451/
donor primary since 2024
$5,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00038604/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00039578/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00040253/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00040535/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00040840/
donor primary since 2024
$9,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (7 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00064774/
donor primary since 2026
$5,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00066472/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00076299/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00077321/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00088591/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00093054/
← Honeywell International PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00096156/
← Natso Inc. Natso PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00097865/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00100693/
donor primary since 2024
$5,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00101485/
donor primary since 2024
$9,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00105981/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00106146/
← Pricewaterhousecoopers PAC I organization
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00107235/
← At&T Inc. Federal PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00109017/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00109991/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00113241/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00118943/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Sean Casten's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00127779/
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2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sean Casten — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
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