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U.S. Representative · California 23rd District
Jay Obernolte
RepublicanDistrict R+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score75#43 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Jay Obernolte’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2433 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0523
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 17 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 17 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 429, H.R. 965, H.R. 1266, H.R. 1269, H.R. 1340 and 12 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 429 Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 965 Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1266 Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1269 Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1340 More Homes on the Market Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 19th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMajority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Research and TechnologyChair
- House Committee on the Budget
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Obernolte← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.318 is 0.21 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress78House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 451–500 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5140To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | YeaProjected at the vote: 76 Swing (today: 77) | 77 |