Sean Casten
U.S. Representative for IL-6 since 2019; former clean-energy company CEO.
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U.S. Representative for IL-6 since 2019; former clean-energy company CEO.
Energy consultant since 2017; former health-system administrator and staffing business owner; elected precinct committeeman.
Cosponsored bills to raise the minimum wage to $17 and strengthen union organizing; backs Social Security expansion.
Supports cutting regulations on small business and passing legislation to restore manufacturing jobs.
Supports universal coverage with private-sector competition, antitrust enforcement and outcome-based payment.
Proposes billing transparency, more marketplace competition and portable plans across state lines; opposes the ACA.
Supports secure borders and a welcoming, fact-based system; criticizes ICE conduct and backed impeaching the DHS secretary.
Supports expanding ICE, deporting violent criminals and legal immigration; opposes public benefits for undocumented immigrants.
Cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 to protect abortion access nationally.
Identifies as pro-life with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother; opposes taxpayer-funded abortion.
Supports higher taxes on top earners, a return to Clinton-era rates and full IRS funding.
Opposes tax increases on working families and supports federal spending caps.
In 2022, voted for and cosponsored bills funding police recruitment and de-escalation training, mental-health crisis responders, and community violence intervention programs.
Opposes the state SAFE-T Act's pretrial release rules; supports stronger fentanyl penalties and better police training.
Supports universal early childhood education and opposes dismantling the Education Department.
Says 'It is time to get back to scholastics – reading, writing and arithmetic'; backs gifted and special-needs programs and parental rights; no school-choice position stated.
Supports ending oil and gas tax breaks and cutting U.S. greenhouse gases 40% by 2040.
Proposes cutting energy regulations and limiting the renewable share of power to lower costs.
Supports aid to Ukraine and allies and calls repairing U.S. alliances the top foreign policy priority.
Describes an America First view and names China trade as top issue, while backing recent U.S. military actions against Iran and Venezuela.
Criticizes current tariff policy for raising consumer prices.
Supports tariffs on China to bring manufacturing jobs back to the district.
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