Jay Obernolte
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Jay Obernolte ran for U.S. House in CA-23 in 2026 as a Republican.
American politician (born 1970)
Ran for U.S. House, CA-23, 2026 · The November 3, 2026 election has been held. No result for this race is on file from our sources yet.
On the California ballot, Nov 3, 2026 United States Representative, District 23, 2 names on the official list. Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.Do you approve of Jay Obernolte?
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Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, CA-23 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. House, CA-23 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
- 2022 · U.S. House, CA-23 · General · Republican · won · 103,197 votes (61.0%) · incumbent · source
- 2020 · U.S. House, CA-08 · General · Republican · won · 158,711 votes (56.1%) · source
- 2018 · State House / Assembly, CA District 33 · General · Republican · won · 72,109 votes (60.2%) · source
Background
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.
More
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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Campaign finance
As of 2026-10-14 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait, public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Obernolte
- Website and social links, Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16849797
- Official social accounts, congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0CA08135/
- photo_headshot https://unitedstates.github.io/
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_Obernolte.jpg
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_Obernolte.png
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_Obernolte_(cropped).png
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