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Jay Obernolte

Jay Obernolte

Republican · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

6 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2021

  • Representative CA-8 2021–present

Background

  • background Born August 18, 1970; businessman and video game developer
  • role Mayor of Big Bear Lake, California
  • role California State Assembly (33rd district)
  • role U.S. representative for California's 23rd district since 2021
  • background Owner, president, and technical director of FarSight Studios
  • achievement Only Republican to represent a district with area in Los Angeles County

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-23 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,455,868 raised
  • $809,486 spent
  • $1,644,222 cash on hand
$1.46M
$1.36M
$498.76K
Itemized (≥ $200)$497.40K
Unitemized (< $200)$1.36K
Other committees (PACs)$863.37K
Transfers from other committees$60.72K
Offsets to expenditures$571.33
Other receipts$32.45K
$809.49K
Operating expenditures$621.19K
Contribution refunds$7.30K
Other disbursements$181.00K
Cash on hand$1.64M
Debts owed by committee$1.13M

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

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Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Jay Obernolte campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2020$2,028,339$1,958,786$69,583
2022$1,060,461$759,890$370,153
2024$1,532,907$905,220$997,840
2026$1,455,868$809,486$1,644,222

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $141,199 ·

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 31
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 243 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 31 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 7
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Jay Obernolte. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NULL $69,760
  • GOOGLE $17,500
  • ROUTE 66 SHOOTING $13,200
  • APPLE VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS $13,200
  • CHANDI GROUP USA $13,200
  • ESRI $12,400
  • INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES $10,100
  • CALYPSO AI CORP $9,900
  • FORGE $6,600
  • COTHRAN INSURANCE AGENCY $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $259,682 supporting · $18,690 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $2,657 supporting · $22,000 opposing · 3 outside groups

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Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Obernolte, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Obernolte most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Obernolte connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HJRES 214Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Small Off-Road Engines Regulations; Notice of Decision".sponsoredAug 9, 2026
  • HR 10050Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9929To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9914Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9925FRONTIER ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9889PILOT ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9811Anti-Fraud Fund Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HRES 1442Supporting the designation of July 20, 2026, as "National Moon Landing Day".cosponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9506To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a prize competition program relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.cosponsoredJun 28, 2026
  • HR 9417Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9372Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9363AI Security and Innovation ActsponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9326USA ActcosponsoredJun 14, 2026
  • HR 9293ReCement ActsponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9237Take Care of America’s Veterans ActcosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9235Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9129GUARD Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 8981SCALE Biology ActcosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8951Zero Tolerance for Fraudsters Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HRES 1308Designating May 2026 as "National Wildfire Preparedness Month".cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8892CAL Repayment ActcosponsoredMay 18, 2026
  • HR 8567UNLEADED ActcosponsoredApr 28, 2026
  • HR 8516American Leadership in AI ActcosponsoredApr 26, 2026
  • HR 8462National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization ActcosponsoredApr 22, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

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