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Official portrait of Sean Casten

4th term · 7.8 years in office: 3 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · IL-6 · Democrat · since Jan 2019

Sean Casten

Bills authored 19Missed votes 4 of 524Party unity 47% derived, how we compute this

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 CongressSource 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

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1993

    Earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Middlebury College.Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten

  2. 1998

    Earned master's degrees in engineering management and biochemical engineering from Dartmouth College.Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten

  3. 2000-2007

    Served as the president and chief executive officer of Turbosteam Corporation.Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten

  4. 2007-2016

    Co-founded and operated Recycled Energy Development.Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten

  5. 2018

    Won election to the United States House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten

  6. 2019-Present

    Serving as Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.Source 1: Sean Casten — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Sean Casten

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general

99.24% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1Sean Casten — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: Sean Castenwikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

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

7.8YRS

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

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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Before Congress

  1. 1993 Earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Middlebury College.
  2. 1998 Earned master's degrees in engineering management and biochemical engineering from Dartmouth College.
  3. 2000-2007 Served as the president and chief executive officer of Turbosteam Corporation.
  4. 2007-2016 Co-founded and operated Recycled Energy Development.
  5. 2018 Won election to the United States House of Representatives.
  6. 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.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

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
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 10 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 23 of 100 toward reform sentencing.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 34 of 100 toward broader admission.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 0 of 100.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 24 of 100 toward conserve & protect.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 14 of 100 toward disclosure & audit.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

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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. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 16 with both halves · 49 with one · 7 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements48 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraintNo statements26 counted votesNot yet statedRole of government3 statements25 counted votesAnalysisMarket protectionsNo statements25 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rules1 statement22 counted votesAnalysisTrade & tariffsNo statements19 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliances4 statements16 counted votesAnalysisFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedPublic works1 statement10 counted votesAnalysisMilitary budgetNo statements10 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Sean Casten voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Sean Casten.

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, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

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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Civic Herald. “Sean Casten: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/sean-casten-C001117.

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