Representative · IL-6 · Democrat · since Jan 2019

Sean Casten

Bills authored 19Missed votes 4 of 524Party unity 47% derived

Counted from 524 roll calls and 165 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions

Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, to American parents and raised in Hartsdale, New York, Sean Casten earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Middlebury College in 1993.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten} He worked as a scientist at the Tufts University School of Medicine before earning master's degrees in engineering management and biochemical engineering from Dartmouth College in 1998.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten} Casten spent his early career at a consultancy and later served as the president and chief executive officer of an energy corporation before co-founding a recycled energy development company in 2007.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}

Casten first ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2018, winning the election to represent Illinois's 6th congressional district.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten} He has since won multiple reelections and serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Joint Economic Committee.^{Source 1: Sean Casten — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}

In their own words

“I missed Roll Call No. 167. Had I been present, I would have voted YES on Roll Call No. 167.”

Congressional Record · May 19, 2026 · Source

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The path here

1993
Earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Middlebury College.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}
1998
Earned master's degrees in engineering management and biochemical engineering from Dartmouth College.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}
2000-2007
Served as the president and chief executive officer of Turbosteam Corporation.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}
2007-2016
Co-founded and operated Recycled Energy Development.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}
2018
Won election to the United States House of Representatives.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}
2019-Present
Serving as Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.^{Source 1: Sean Casten — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

99.24% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1Sean Casten — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: Sean Castenwikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

7.7YRS

In office · 4th term · since Jan 2019

30,531VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 8.41%

Certified result

99.24%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

1993 Earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Middlebury College.
1998 Earned master's degrees in engineering management and biochemical engineering from Dartmouth College.
2000-2007 Served as the president and chief executive officer of Turbosteam Corporation.
2007-2016 Co-founded and operated Recycled Energy Development.
2018 Won election to the United States House of Representatives.
2019-Present Serving as Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.

House Committee on Financial ServicesJoint Economic CommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · Capital Markets subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · Financial Institutions subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions subcommittee19 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$2.1MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $60.0K · 36 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$724.2K · 34.3%
Itemized individual$1.1M · 54.4%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$188.6K · 8.9%
All other$48.5K · 2.3%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.623

Social (dim 2)0.400

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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