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Jay Obernolte

Republican · CA-23 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

CA-23 — U.S. House

Safe R 98%

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Bio

Jay Phillip Obernolte is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 23rd district since 2021, when it was numbered as the 8th district. A Republican, he was previously a member of the California State Assembly representing the 33rd district. Before serving in the Assembly, Obernolte served on the city council and was the mayor of Big Bear Lake, California. He is the owner, president, and technical director of FarSight Studios, an American video game developer.

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Record of service

In office
5.7 years
First took office
2021 (3 terms)
Seniority
244 of 439 by time served
Age
56
District offices
  • Hesperia, CA · 760-247-1815
FEC filings ↗OpenSecrets ↗GovTrack ↗Ballotpedia ↗Vote Smart ↗X/Twitter ↗

Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2021
$90.2M
2022
$77.2M
2023
$94.9M
2024
$94.8M
2025
$116.1M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$52.2M – $186.1M
Liabilities
$1.0M – $5.0M
Net worth
$47.2M – $185.1M
Since 2021
+$25.9M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 12 assets reported
FarSight Studios, Inc., 100% Interest$25.0M – $50.0M
FarSight Technologies, Inc., 100% Interest$5.0M – $25.0M
Vanguard brokerage account ⇒ Vanguard 500 Index Fd Admiral Shs (VFIAX)$5.0M – $25.0M
Vanguard brokerage account ⇒ Vanguard Tax Managed Small Cap Fund Admiral Cl (VTMSX)$5.0M – $25.0M
Vanguard brokerage account ⇒ Vanguard Tax-Managed Capital Appreciation Fund Admiral Shares$5.0M – $25.0M
Vanguard brokerage account ⇒ Vanguard Tax-Managed Fund Balanced Fund (VTMFX)$5.0M – $25.0M
Rental property$1.0M – $5.0M
Vanguard IRA ⇒ Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fd Admiral Shs (VTSAX)$1.0M – $5.0M
Powell Trust Deed$100k – $1.0M
Ascensus SIMPLE ⇒ Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fd Admiral Shs (VTSAX)$50k – $100k
Rondell G. Yates and Cynthia L. Yates Trust Deed$1k – $15k
Vanguard brokerage account ⇒ Vanguard Federal Money Market$1 – $200

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.82
Healthcare
R+0.44
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
R+0.92
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.79
Crime & Policing
R+0.89
Defense & Veterans
R+0.70
Economy & Labor
R+0.60
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.69
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.35
Education
R+0.98
Government & Democracy
R+0.86
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.25

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Jay Obernolte's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
89%
Libertarian Party
64%
Democratic Party
31%
Green Party
22%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
18%
Communist Party USA
16%

On the political map

Jay Obernolte (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightObernolte
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

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Caucuses & committees

Where Obernoltesits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Obernolte's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Young Kim
R · CA-40 · House
+100%
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R · IA-1 · House
+100%
Burgess Owens
R · UT-4 · House
+100%
Ashley Hinson
R · IA-2 · House
+100%
Blake D. Moore
R · UT-1 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−98%
Sarah McBride
D · DE · House
−98%
Delia C. Ramirez
D · IL-3 · House
−97%
Summer L. Lee
D · PA-12 · House
−97%
Becca Balint
D · VT · House
−97%

Recent notable votes

YEA
SEED Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
PROOF Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
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 Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 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 Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 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 Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
GUARD Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 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 Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 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 Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

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