Representative · California's 23rd district

Jay Obernolte

Jay Obernolte is a Republican representative for California's 23rd district, in Congress since 2021. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 15, and cast 439 of 459 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2021
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.2%15 of 675 · rank 180 of 439	96%439 of 459 · rank 358 of 439	311 became law	37%93 of 254
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.1%14 of 1,222 · rank 314 of 442	83%699 of 844 · rank 412 of 442	210 became law	30%78 of 259
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.7%7 of 997 · rank 276 of 443	90%512 of 570 · rank 412 of 443	160 became law	33%82 of 249

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.32+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 178–247· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
H.R. 131: Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit ActYea
Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding· Failed 248–177· Against party
H.R. 504: Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments ActYea
Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding· Failed 236–188· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Nay
Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 194–236· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
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".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
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".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 23rd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $662.7M
Per resident: $858
Rank in California: 23 of 52
Contract actions: 4,949; New awards: 2,094

By fiscal year

631.8MFY2017
785.1MFY2018
763.9MFY2019
750.9MFY2020
864.7MFY2021
788.4MFY2022
1.2BFY2023
727.6MFY2024
791.9MFY2025
662.7MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$271.3M41%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$101.6M15%
Department of Defense
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$78M12%
Department of Homeland Security
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$46.3M7.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$34.7M5.2%
Department of Justice
Department of Veterans Affairs$24.7M3.7%
Federal Highway Administration$23M3.5%
Department of Transportation
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$16.3M2.5%
Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

KBR SERVICES, LLC$119.1M18%
2 awards
CORECIVIC, INC.$78M12%
3 awards
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.$49.4M7.4%
100 awards
COMMDEX, LLC$35M5.3%
2 awards
SENECA FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$28.8M4.3%
2 awards
V2X AEROSPACE LLC$23.9M3.6%
2 awards
AMRIZE SOUTHWEST INC$22.9M3.4%
1 award
AKIMA INTRA-DATA, LLC$17.8M2.7%
1 award
CH2M HILL CONSTRUCTORS, INC.$13.7M2.1%
7 awards
CALIBRE SYSTEMS INC$11.9M1.8%
3 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.5M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.6M
From committees: $976K; 298 committees
From contractor PACs: $320.5K; 94 PACs · 33% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee	$12.5K	GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization	—
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$10K	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation	$10K	CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$713.4K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac	$10K	BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	—
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)	$10K	CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.9M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$7,500	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$7,500	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.5M	$976K	$320.5K94 PACs · 33% of committee money
2024	$1.5M	$983.5K	$319.1K85 PACs · 32% of committee money
2022	$1.1M	$355.7K	$70K23 PACs · 20% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · California's 23rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · California's 23rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · California's 8th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: obernolte.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5861
Office: 2433 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.