Rep. Sean Casten’s 17-year-old daughter Gwen dies

Illinois Congressman Sean Casten introduced Monday night that his 17-year-old daughter, Gwen, has died, CBS Chicago stories.

“The Casten household requests privateness, and we might be issuing no additional remark throughout this heartbreaking time,” Casten’s workplace mentioned in an e-mail.

Shortly earlier than Casten’s congressional workplace introduced his daughter’s demise, Casten’s marketing campaign requested all Illinois TV stations to instantly pull his marketing campaign spots off the air till additional discover.

A Democrat from Downers Grove, the 50-year-old Casten is working for his third time period in Congress within the newly drawn sixth District, which he has represented since defeating Republican incumbent Congressman Peter Roskam in 2018.

Casten is working towards fellow incumbent Rep. Marie Newman, a freshman, and Nicor operation mechanic Charles Hughes.

“My coronary heart breaks for the Casten household for the devastating lack of their daughter. My prayers are with Sean, Kara, and all the Casten household,” Newman mentioned in an announcement.

Newman additionally is instantly suspending all her marketing campaign adverts.

Newman opted to problem Casten within the 2022 major after the congressional remap authorised by the Democratic majority in  the state capital of Springfield put her into the closely Hispanic third District, which is represented by Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.

Hughes, who can be a former candidate for alderman in Chicago’s twenty third Ward, ran towards Newman in 2020 within the state’s third Congressional District, however he completed a distant fourth with simply 2.3% of the vote in that race.

Representatives for Hughes’ marketing campaign couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.