Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Jay Obernolte
- 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
- Next election
- Primary June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 23
Official websiteX (Twitter)FEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0CA08135 · Principal campaign committee: JAY OBERNOLTE FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · California District 23 | $1,854,658.18 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · California District 23 | $1,532,906.86 | Won the general election |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · California District 23 | $1,060,460.56 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · California District 8 | $2,028,339.32 | Won the general election (56.1%) |
Total raised$1,060,460.56
Total spent$759,890.45
Cash on hand$370,153.32
Debts owed by the campaign$1,318,294.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$664,179.7163%
- PACs and other committees$360,900.0034%
- Party committees$1,870.220%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$5,625.001%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$27,885.633%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Communications and Technology
- Health
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Research and Technology Chair
- House Committee on the Budget
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
115 committees reported giving $355,705.00 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.
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,900.00
- THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- CALPORTLAND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CALPORTLAND PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$7,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$7,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NBAA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PG&E CORPORATION EMPLOYEES ENERGYPAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PHYSICIAN PACPAC$5,000.00
- FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY PACPAC$5,000.00
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- NEW MAJORITY FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- THOROUGHBRED PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- SAVE AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONQUERING CANCER PACPAC$5,000.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC)Connected PAC$3,500.00
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION INC. (CEMENT PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BLANK ROME PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- KING & SPALDING NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPA PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN CABLE ASSOCIATION INC PAC (ACA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEXSTAR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POINT ACTION PAC, INC.Connected PAC$2,500.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- CEMEX INC. EMPLOYEES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- WALDEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LKQ CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- EMBRAER AIRCRAFT HOLDING, INC. - EVE HOLDING, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (?EMBRAER-EVE PAC?) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS PAC; NJASAP PACPAC$2,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- YUKON KUSKO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INCConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BYRON DONALDS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S EMPLOYEES' BENEFIT ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SECURITY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, SECURITYPACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE- FEDERALPAC$1,000.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL AVIATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PACPAC$1,000.00
- PARAMOUNT GLOBAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENENTECH INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENENPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NAVIENT CORPORATION PAC (NAVIENT PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC. EMPLOYEE PAC - GRANITEPACPAC$1,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PCMA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NETJETS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NIELSEN PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS NOWLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNCIL, INC. FEDERAL PACPAC$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TELECOMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$305.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Jay Obernolte$50,225.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Jay Obernolte$8.68
- Company and union communications to members about Jay Obernolte$493.12
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- PEOPLE FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANSSupporting$50,225.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$8.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 23, 2022 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Obernolte (R) | $1,060,460.56 | $370,153.32 | 2022-12-31 |
| Derek Marshall (D) | $956,858.59 | $14,250.82 | 2022-12-31 |
| Bruno Amato (D) | $483,799.73 | $0.00 | 2022-06-29 |
| Louis Gill (D) | $132,625.80 | $1,529.07 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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