Talk:Sean Casten

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 * Sean Casten official U.S. House photo.jpg

Orphaned references in Sean Casten
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Sean Casten's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "primaryresults": From Adam Kinzinger:  From 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois:  From Anthony G. Brown:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 03:50, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Political party (former)
I think including  in the politician infobox is a mistake. Casten was never a Republican politician.

The source cited in the edit summary which first inserted this idea says "evolved from a Republican-leaning businessman." Other sources say that Casten voted for some Republicans in the past. That's it. No evidence Casten ever ran for office or had any capacity in the Republican party. Voted for some Republicans in the past doesn't make Casten a former Republican politician.

Regarding the bigger question, the meaning of the  parameter: I didn't see anything in the documentation and archived discussions for the infobox that relates to this. It is unclear to me which wikiproject might best contribute to this discussion. I understand that with respect to Casten specifically it arises because his opponent in the IL primary criticizes him for having voted for Republicans in the past. Which possibly might be suitable material for his biography, but isn't the same as labeling him as former Republican politician in his biography infobox. -- M.boli (talk) 14:33, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I will fix the  to remove the statement that he was formerly a Republican politician. There are references that say Casten voted for some Republican candidates in the past, and one reference in an edit comment that describes him as "evolved from a Republican-leaning businessman." These are potentially biographical items, for biographical part of the article.  But so far nothing has shown  Casten was ever a Republican politician or official. If editors disagree, they can make their case and discuss here on the talk page, as I have done. -- M.boli (talk) 02:46, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Caucus Membership
Hi folks, I added the caucuses he chaired and vice-chaired, but he has many more caucuses he sits on, and it may be worth adding all of them. Let me know your thoughts.

For reference, the committees he sits on that aren't mentioned here are:

AI Caucus, ALS Caucus, Animal Protection Caucus, Bike Caucus, Candy Caucus, Civility Caucus, College Affordability Caucus, Congressional Friends of Ireland, Congressional Rare Disease Caucus, Congressional Task Force on Ethylene Oxid, Digital Citizenship Task Force, Fix Congress Caucus, Flood Resilience and Adaptation Caucus, Future of Transportation Caucus, Great Lakes Task Force, Grid Innovation Caucus, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Labor Caucus, LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, National Labs Caucus, PFAS Task Force, Planetary Science Caucus, Research & Development Caucus, Safe Climate Caucus, SALT Caucus, Transparency Caucus, Ukraine Caucus. Lunsel (talk) 19:43, 20 May 2024 (UTC)