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What the money shows
Jay Obernolte has an estimated net worth of $97.8M. The 2026 campaign raised $1.4M. Outside groups had $18,690 spent against Jay Obernolte and $519,365 spent for Jay Obernolte. Jay Obernolte sits on Research and Technology and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$98M
$45M – $150M
Raised (last cycle)
$1.4M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
5
Representative since 2021
Net-worth filings
4
+$5.7M since 2021
File — Balance
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Ideological / Leadership
$529K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Other
$137K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Tech & Telecom
$104K in corporate money from tech · 6 roll calls · 6 bills
against tech
0 bills
with tech
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Energy & Utilities
$85K in corporate money from energy · 10 roll calls · 9 bills
Banking & Financial
$34K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills
Real Estate & Construction
$25K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Defense & Aerospace
$18K in corporate money from defense · 3 roll calls · 3 bills
against defense
0 bills
with defense
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Sports, Media & Entertainment
$10K in corporate money from sports, media · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against sports, media
0 bills
with sports, media
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →File C — Service
Term history
- RepresentativeCA-23R2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-23R2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-8R2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Representative Jay Obernolte, CA
Born August 18, 1970.
Studied at
California Institute of Technology · UCLA Samueli School of Engineering · California Baptist University [wikidata]
File — The 2026 race
California · District 23
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · California · District 23
Jay Obernolte has raised more than 8 times the next candidate.
Republican Jay Obernolte has raised about $1.4M, more than 8 times any rival.
Tessa Hodge reports 88% of campaign money from individuals.
$519K in itemized outside money is on file, led by AMERICAN MISSION.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Jay Obernolte R · incumbent | vs | KM Karen Matthews I · challenger |
|---|---|---|
| $1.4M | Raised | $175K |
| $1.6M | Cash on hand | $0 |
| 62% | From PACs | 3% |
| 36% | From individuals | 84% |
| Ideological / Leadership | Top donor sector | Too few to rank |
| Yes | Incumbent | No |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
All federal contractors who funded you
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Fed awards$1.8B
Bills
Recorded votes
166 votes · 146 Yea · 20 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 166
File — The California delegation
Who else California sends to Congress
2 senators and 51 of 52 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Alex PadillaSenatorD
- Adam B. SchiffSenatorD
- James GallagherDistrict 1R
- Jared HuffmanDistrict 2D
- Kevin KileyDistrict 3I
- Mike ThompsonDistrict 4D
- Tom McClintockDistrict 5R
- Ami BeraDistrict 6D
- Doris O. MatsuiDistrict 7D
- John GaramendiDistrict 8D
- Josh HarderDistrict 9D
- Mark DeSaulnierDistrict 10D
- Nancy PelosiDistrict 11D
- Lateefah SimonDistrict 12D
- Adam GrayDistrict 13D
- OPENDistrict 14This seat is empty right now.
- Kevin MullinDistrict 15D
- Sam T. LiccardoDistrict 16D
- Ro KhannaDistrict 17D
- Zoe LofgrenDistrict 18D
- Jimmy PanettaDistrict 19D
- Vince FongDistrict 20R
- Jim CostaDistrict 21D
- David G. ValadaoDistrict 22R
- Salud O. CarbajalDistrict 24D
- Raul RuizDistrict 25D
- Julia BrownleyDistrict 26D
- George WhitesidesDistrict 27D
- Judy ChuDistrict 28D
- Luz M. RivasDistrict 29D
- Laura FriedmanDistrict 30D
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.District 31D
- Brad ShermanDistrict 32D
- Pete AguilarDistrict 33D
- Jimmy GomezDistrict 34D
- Norma J. TorresDistrict 35D
- Ted LieuDistrict 36D
- Sydney Kamlager-DoveDistrict 37D
- Linda T. SánchezDistrict 38D
- Mark TakanoDistrict 39D
- Young KimDistrict 40R
- Ken CalvertDistrict 41R
- Robert GarciaDistrict 42D
- Maxine WatersDistrict 43D
- Nanette Diaz BarragánDistrict 44D
- Derek TranDistrict 45D
- J. Luis CorreaDistrict 46D
- Dave MinDistrict 47D
- Darrell IssaDistrict 48R
- Mike LevinDistrict 49D
- Scott H. PetersDistrict 50D
- Sara JacobsDistrict 51D
- Juan VargasDistrict 52D
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
Jay Obernolte · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |