Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jay Obernolte

Official portrait of Jay Obernolte
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 23rd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Big Bear Lake, CA
Born
1970
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
OBERNOLTE, JAY
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 23

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 23IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0CA08135 · Principal campaign committee: JAY OBERNOLTE FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 23$1,854,658.18General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 23$1,532,906.86Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 23$1,060,460.56Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 8$2,028,339.32Won the general election (56.1%)
Total raised$1,854,658.18
Total spent$1,473,929.60
Cash on hand$1,378,568.34
Debts owed by the campaign$725,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $618,891.46PACs and other committees: $1,109,371.22Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $86,207.49Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $40,188.01
  • Individual contributions$618,891.4633%
  • PACs and other committees$1,109,371.2260%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$86,207.495%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$40,188.012%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$3,168.941%
  • Contributions over $200$558,029.1599%
  • Itemized from inside California$271,833.2049%
  • Itemized from other states$287,564.5151%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $80,660.00 · Virginia $57,270.51 · Texas $47,000.00 · Maryland $13,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $192,768.63APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $156,928.35JULY QUARTERLY: raised $223,052.43JULY QUARTERLY: spent $66,136.54OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $218,696.46OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $90,854.74YEAR-END: raised $216,540.57YEAR-END: spent $151,308.35APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $221,242.68APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $150,259.85PRE-PRIMARY: raised $127,158.32PRE-PRIMARY: spent $52,622.92JULY QUARTERLY: raised $256,408.62JULY QUARTERLY: spent $141,375.03OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $351,400.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $567,886.822025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea500
Voted nay158
Voted present1
Did not vote15 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored31
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored254

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing 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; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.J.Res. 214 Providing 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".
    Introduced Aug 10, 2026 · Latest action Aug 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9925 FRONTIER Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determi…
  • H.R. 9363 AI Security and Innovation Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 0.
  • H.R. 9293 ReCement Act
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 8345 Economy of the Future Commission Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Latest action Apr 16, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ove…
  • H.R. 8307 Responder and Recovery Safety in EV Fires Act
    Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Latest action Apr 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 8271 ICU Bed Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · Latest action Apr 14, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 7963 No Lifeline for the Dead Act
    Introduced Mar 17, 2026 · Latest action Mar 17, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7801 Cloud LAB Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 4, 2026 · Latest action Mar 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 7334 National Commission on Robotics Act
    Introduced Feb 3, 2026 · Latest action Feb 3, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Wor…

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

297 committees reported giving $964,018.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jay Obernolte$259,682.32
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jay Obernolte$18,689.58

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

California U.S. House, District 23, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jay Obernolte (R)$1,854,658.18$1,378,568.342026-10-14
Karen Matthews (I)$174,651.43$0.002026-06-22
Tessa Lynn Hodge (D)$126,771.66$12,434.332026-10-14
Paul Chakalian (D)$72,674.73$0.002026-01-29
Charles Patrick Wallis (D)$63,684.00$24.022026-06-23
Alexis L Claiborne (D)$11,842.88$2,654.802025-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe RMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 1–26) (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JAY OBERNOLTE FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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