Jay Obernolte

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

• Representative CA-8 2021–present

• 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

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $141,199 · 92 receipts

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

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• 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

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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.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Research and Technology Subcommittee Chair · oversees Technology
• Budget Committee
• Energy and Commerce Committee · oversees Energy, Health, Technology, Telecom
• Science, Space, and Technology Committee · oversees Technology
• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Communications and Technology Subcommittee · oversees Technology
• Health Subcommittee · oversees Health

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

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

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

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

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

Data from Congress.gov