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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: 2024 general election margin (Casten vs. Conforti): Casten 53.5% – Conforti 46.5%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 77.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+): 44.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population Hispanic: 16.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population White (non-Hispanic): 72.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 5.3%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2023 ACS 5-year): $99,953
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment 1 (2022) - Right to Collective Bargaining (2022) — passed, margin 59% yes – 41% no
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.11)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (share 0.12)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.14)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 52 - Finance and Insurance (share 0.16)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: DuPage County Government (2500 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Advocate Health Care (Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove) (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago / major corporations HQs (5000 employees)
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[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.
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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
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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.
Date: 2025-07-03
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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
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[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
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[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
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CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange, contributed $24,400 ($14,400 from individuals, $10,000 from PAC) to Casten's 2024 campaign.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Grippo & Elden, a Chicago-based law firm, contributed $26,400 to Casten's campaign in the 2023-2024 cycle.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Lone Pine Capital, a hedge fund, contributed $26,400 to Casten's campaign committee in the 2023-2024 cycle.
Date: 2024-12-31
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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.
Date: 2022-04-06
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JStreetPAC contributed $28,125 to Casten's 2024 campaign committee, making it the second-largest identifiable contributor after Argonne National Laboratory ($28,260).
Date: 2024-12-31
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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.
Date: 2024-11-05
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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.
Date: 2024-12-31
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