CASTEN FOR CONGRESS

Federal · FEC · C00648493

$19.78M
Direct disbursements
648
Distinct vendors
5,538
Disbursement rows
Jun 2017 – Feb 2026
Activity window
$851Kacross 12 months

Top vendors paid last 12 months · top 10

BREAK SOMETHING INC $176K Digital · 31 txns PNC VISA $77K Fundraising · 14 txns THE PIVOT GROUP, INC. $58K Print & Mail · 1 txn BENSON, ERIC $47K Wages & Payroll · 22 txns CONRAD GROUP $45K Fundraising · 9 txns HART RESEARCH ASSOCIATES $34K Strategy & Research · 1 txn NGP VAN, Inc. (EveryAction) $32K Software & Tech · 13 txns Paychex, Inc. $30K Wages & Payroll · 34 txns ActBlue Technical Services, Inc. $19K Fundraising · 41 txns MORNINGBELLE LLC $14K Legal & Compliance · 9 txns C CASTEN FOR CONGRESS

Staff & officers 1 officer on file (FEC Form 1)

Treasurer Scheffki, Michelle M
Single treasurer on file — no other committees served by this officer in our records.

No cross-committee operative network for CASTEN FOR CONGRESS — this committee's officers don't serve at other committees in our records. Common for institutional committees (national party committees, large PAC infrastructure) where a single staff treasurer manages only this filer.

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Other federal committees that pay the same vendors or share officers with this one — the operational network this filer sits inside. Inferred from cross-filing, not present in any single source. Click a row to open the full relationship page.

Committee Shared Combined spend
D LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS 11 vendors $774,981 Network
D DCCC 10 vendors $11,322,580 Network
D END CITIZENS UNITED 9 vendors $1,676,448 Network
D DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 8 vendors $23,410,596 Network
D PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT 8 vendors $3,471,706 Network
D BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS 8 vendors $3,219,579 Network
D SHAHEEN FOR SENATE 8 vendors $1,376,683 Network
D BOB CASEY FOR SENATE INC 8 vendors $1,322,744 Network
D SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS 8 vendors $860,960 Network
D DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS 8 vendors $571,968 Network

People paid by CASTEN FOR CONGRESS top 20 · $1,077,373 · 6 of 20 linked to person profile

Individuals who received disbursements from this committee — salaried staff, consultants on personal-name contracts, and reimbursements for travel / mileage / per diem.

Name Most-common purpose Payments Total paid Activity window
Chloe Hunt PAYROLL 194 $237,055 Apr 2019 → Feb 2026
Don Black PAYROLL 74 $157,250 Feb 2021 → Dec 2023
Eric Benson PAYROLL 79 $134,643 Jan 2024 → Feb 2026
David Lebender PAYROLL 30 $49,817 Feb 2020 → Nov 2022
Jacob Vurpillat PAYROLL 59 $46,580 Aug 2020 → Nov 2022
Michael Garton SALARY 27 $46,115 Nov 2017 → Jul 2018
Genevieve Kristofek PAYROLL 44 $44,991 May 2019 → Nov 2020
Sarah Mckeen PAYROLL 24 $40,955 Nov 2021 → Jul 2022
Trevor Nyland PAYROLL 30 $38,819 Jan 2022 → Nov 2022
Lissette Zarco PAYROLL 22 $37,686 Apr 2022 → Nov 2022
Gillian Hines PAYROLL 38 $36,026 Aug 2021 → Jun 2023
Gregory M Bales PAYROLL 13 $35,809 Jul 2018 → Nov 2018
Benjamin Hardin PAYROLL 28 $26,793 Jul 2018 → Feb 2019
Robin T Blue PAYROLL 11 $26,392 Jun 2020 → Nov 2020
Will Carle FUNDRAISING CONSU… 7 $21,000 Nov 2017 → May 2018
Caroline Cranford PAYROLL 12 $20,550 Aug 2022 → Nov 2022
Mary Margaret Koch PAYROLL 29 $19,907 Jun 2018 → Dec 2018
Riley Callahan PAYROLL 13 $19,865 Mar 2022 → Aug 2022
Addison B Stamper PAYROLL 16 $18,746 May 2018 → Nov 2018
Linda Watkins REIMBURSEMENT, SE… 38 $18,375 Jul 2018 → Jul 2025

Spend by category

all-cycle
Media $8.55M Digital $3.74M Wages & Payroll $1.86M Fundraising $1.82M Print & Mail $1.62M Strategy & Research $898K Software & Tech $352K Legal & Compliance $297K Contributions & Transfers $193K Travel & Events $157K Field & Voter Contact $152K Admin & Office $117K

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Media $8,547,096 91
Digital $3,736,141 422
Wages & Payroll $1,857,543 1,175
Fundraising $1,815,581 1,617
Print & Mail $1,619,262 537
Strategy & Research $898,124 110
Software & Tech $351,758 313
Legal & Compliance $297,074 170
Contributions & Transfers $192,864 166
Travel & Events $157,156 477
Field & Voter Contact $152,270 139
Admin & Office $116,915 216
Other / Unclassified $39,771 105

Recent activity showing 20 of 5,538

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
Feb 25, 2026 THE BEVERLY REVIEW ADVERTISING $602
Feb 25, 2026 DEMOCRACY ENGINE, LLC CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES $30
Feb 25, 2026 ActBlue Technical Services, Inc. CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES $1,084
Feb 23, 2026 PNC VISA CREDIT CARD PAYMENT - SEE MEMO ENTRIES BELOW $2,622
Feb 23, 2026 ActBlue Technical Services, Inc. CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES $167
Feb 22, 2026 MORNINGBELLE LLC ACCOUNTING SERVICES $1,500
Feb 22, 2026 BENSON, ERIC REIMBURSEMENT - SEE MEMO ENTRIES BELOW $156
Feb 22, 2026 BENSON, ERIC MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $72
Feb 21, 2026 BREAK SOMETHING INC SOFTWARE $18,831
Feb 20, 2026 WHITEPAGES SUBSCRIPTION $105
Feb 19, 2026 BREAK SOMETHING INC SOFTWARE $172
Feb 17, 2026 THE PIVOT GROUP, INC. PRINTING, PRODUCTION, AND POSTAGE $57,642
Feb 16, 2026 ActBlue Technical Services, Inc. CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES $206
Feb 13, 2026 Paychex, Inc. PAYROLL FEES $153
Feb 13, 2026 Paychex, Inc. PAYROLL TAXES $1,923
Feb 13, 2026 ILLINOIS SECURE CHOICE EMPLOYEE ROTH CONTRIBUTION $263
Feb 13, 2026 HUNT, CHLOE PAYROLL $358
Feb 13, 2026 BREAK SOMETHING INC SOFTWARE $5,000
Feb 13, 2026 BREAK SOMETHING INC SOFTWARE $100,000
Feb 13, 2026 BENSON, ERIC PAYROLL $2,973