Recent events
2025-07-03
Votes
PRIMARY
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…
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
JStreetPAC contributed $28,125 to Casten's 2024 campaign committee, making it the second-largest identifiable contributor after Argonne National Laboratory ($28,260).
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
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.
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange, contributed $24,400 ($14,400 from individuals, $10,000 from PAC) to Casten's 2024 campaign.
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Lone Pine Capital, a hedge fund, contributed $26,400 to Casten's campaign committee in the 2023-2024 cycle.
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Grippo & Elden, a Chicago-based law firm, contributed $26,400 to Casten's campaign in the 2023-2024 cycle.
2024-11-05
Transactions
SECONDARY
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.
2024-06-14
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted nay on H.R. 5009 / H.R. 8070 (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2025) on 2024-06-14: Casten voted against the annual defense authorization bill, citing…
2024-04-20
Votes
PRIMARY
[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…
2024-03-22
Votes
PRIMARY
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)…
2024-02-06
Votes
PRIMARY
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…
2024-02-06
Votes
PRIMARY
[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…
2022-04-06
Transactions
PRIMARY
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…
