# Sean Casten

Sean Casten is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Illinois’s 6th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Illinois’s 6th district
- Serving since: 2019-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: C001117
- FEC candidate IDs: H8IL06139

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001117 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Casten sits at −1.26 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 86% of House Democrats.

## What Casten says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,121 classified statements: 864 posts on X, 153 press releases, 55 newsletters, 49 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Casten | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.6% | 6.6% | 92 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 30.0% | 27.5% | 93 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 74.6% | 73.2% | 99 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.0% | 9.8% | 144 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 29.5% | 22.7% | 40 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.9% | 108 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 21% (House Democrats 20%); Health 21% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (House Democrats 20%); Energy 15% (House Democrats 5.3%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (House Democrats 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.26 (standard error 0.01), from 7,502 donors and 3,808 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 98.7% (96.4%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 377. 4.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 93 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10539: Integrated Local, Regional, and Interregional Transmission Planning Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10539
- H.R. 10488: Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10488
- H.R. 10425: Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10425
- H.R. 9732: Multi-Class Stock Company Voting Transparency Act. (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9732
- H.R. 9399: Juvenile Firearms Safety Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9399
- H.R. 9268: Stop Crypto ATM Scams Act (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9268
- H.R. 8441: Military VOTE Act (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8441
- H.R. 8133: DPA Workforce and Skilled Labor Needs Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8133
- H.R. 7977: Energy Bills Relief Act (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7977
- H.R. 7819: Venezuela Oil Proceeds Transparency Act (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7819

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.5M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 13% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2114813078013403227
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2113640726827331929
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2113665542036857061
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2113295419761402118
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2113055738805313866
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2112574081019126206
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2112239831518744965
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2112299013194101169
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2111499735353770485
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCasten/status/2111124014563267044

## Links

- Official site: https://casten.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepCasten
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepSeanCasten
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repseancasten
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001117

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001117