Sean Casten

Sean Casten has represented Illinois’s 6th Congressional District since 2019.¹ He is a scientist and former clean energy executive.² He was president and CEO of Turbosteam Corporation, which manufactured combined heat and power plants.³ He also co-founded Recycled Energy Development to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.³ He serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the Joint Economic Committee.² He is also Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition.²

He has said climate change is his top priority.⁴ His campaign says he was a key author of the Inflation Reduction Act.³ He introduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act to require public corporations to disclose climate financial risks.⁵ He says he is 100% pro-choice and has co-sponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act.⁶ He co-sponsored the Dream and Promise Act and the Farmworker Modernization Act to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers and farmworkers.⁷ He co-sponsored the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.⁵

His congressional office says he secured $9 billion in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address needs throughout Illinois.⁵ He says he brought tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to his district for projects including storm sewer repairs and work at Morton Arboretum.⁸ He says he passed the Battery Energy Storage Act, which provides $500 million per year for the development of grid energy storage technologies.⁸ He co-sponsored the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.⁶