THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Casten's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 73% of his $10.5 million in direct contributions, while PACs and committees comprise 27%. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in Lawyers & Lobbyists (18%), Securities & Investment (15%), and Education (8%), a pattern largely consistent with the occupational breakdown of his individual donor base. He has no recorded stock trade disclosures on file across 336 votes.
Raised · all cycles$10.5M▼ 46% in ’24 vs ’22#38 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes14on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Casten (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Casten voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 14 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Casten's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$117K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
PAC
2$106K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
3$106K
BRADDOCK ROAD STRATEGIES
corporation
4$88K
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
employees
5$84K
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Sean Casten (D) voted NAY s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 8172 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish federal regulatory requirements for stablecoin issuers in the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) voted NAY on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 13.9% of Rep. Casten's identifiable donor base ($1.83M), and companies in this industry filed 8,172 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
Sean Casten (D) voted NAY hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 8172 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities, affecting the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) voted NAY on hjres25-119. The Securities & Investment industry comprises 13.9% of Casten's identifiable donor base ($1.83M), and companies in this sector filed 8,172 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Josh Harder
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentEducation
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentEducation
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Adriano Espaillat
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Bill Foster
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentEducation
Grace Meng
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate