CASTEN, SEAN
DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 6 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH8IL06139
Overview
- Raised
- $2.5Mvs $3.1M 2023–2024
- Spent
- $2.2Mvs $2.5M 2023–2024
- Cash on hand
- $1Mvs $694.1K 2023–2024
- Debts owed
- $455.7Kvs $75.7K 2023–2024
OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.
Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.
Candidate & race
- Office & constituency
- U.S. House · Illinois · District 6
- Reported party
- Democratic
- Election year
- 2026
- Race status
- Incumbent
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Principal campaign committee
- CASTEN FOR CONGRESS (C00648493)
The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.
Money in
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Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$1.4M
- Unitemized individual contributions$209.1K
- Other committees$896.2K
- Party committees$33
- Other receipts$53.5K
Top contributors
- DOUGLAS, SANDHYADemocraticDerived from contributions$14K4 contributions
- VAN VALZAH, EILEEN MAYDemocraticDerived from contributions$11.8K11 contributions
- ANDERSON, KEITH
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.4M
- Contribution refunds$24.5K
- Other disbursements$752.4K
Largest transfers and contributions to committees
- JSTREETPAC99% Democratic-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$8,000
Largest operating payments
- BREAK SOMETHING INC.$100KSOFTWARE · Feb 13, 2026
- BREAK SOMETHING INC.$70KADVERTISING · Apr 24, 2025
- THE PIVOT GROUP, INC.$57.6KPRINTING, PRODUCTION, AND POSTAGE · Feb 17, 2026
- THE PIVOT GROUP, INC.$53.4KPRINTING, PRODUCTION, AND POSTAGE · Mar 23, 2026
- THE PIVOT GROUP, INC.$50.6KPRINTING, PRODUCTION, AND POSTAGE · Mar 4, 2026
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Financial timeline
2025–2026 election cycle · dated records
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Records
Registration
- Office sought
- U.S. House
- State / district
- Illinois · District 6
- Party affiliation
- Democratic
- Race status
- Incumbent
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Election year
- 2026
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026, 2024
- Registered address
- PO BOX 132 · DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois, 60515
- Compliance screening
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Relationships
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Reconciliation
- Coverage
- Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
- Contribution refunds
- $24,549
- Debts owed by committees
- $455,694
- Last report
- PRE-GENERAL
Source and provenance
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