Jay Obernolte
Republican
· CA-23 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · and Technology · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
65.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +8.5
vs 118th (57.2)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
5.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$52,882
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$22,009
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $175.99M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $352K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 43.1 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 57.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$54,538
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
1.8%
Amount from this network
$33,500
Total from all networks
$1,896,767
Networks contributing
356
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Who funds Obernolte
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
5
Money that arrived near votes
$27K
Distinct donors
9
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
4.32%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GOOGLE
$10K
COTHRAN INSURANCE AGENCY
$7K
FIA INSURANCE SERVICES
$7K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
GOOGLE
$1K
APPLE
$500
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$500
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY BLUE CHIP INVENT
$500
TOURO UNIVERSITY
$500
ARMSTRONG FAIRWAY INSURANCE AGENCY IN
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
LIGHTHOUSE
$21K
GOOGLE
$18K
APPLE VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS
$16K
CHANDI USA
$13K
ROUTE 66 SHOOTING
$13K
ESRI
$12K
ESRI
$12K
EXQUADRUM
$12K
CALIFORNIA STRATEGIES
$11K
KAREM AIRCRAFT
$11K
INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES
$10K
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY
$10K
CALYPSO AI
$10K
SNOW SUGAR SHOP
$9K
EAGLE CREEK AVIATION
$8K
MGR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
$8K
ANTHROPIC PBC
$7K
ALIMETER CAPITOL
$7K
CARTE VERTE MANAGEMENT
$7K
DAYTON FAMILY
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jay Obernolte comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$75K
Disclosed outside spending
$75K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
PEOPLE FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF THE YUHAAVIATAM OF SAN MANUEL NATION
$383K
UNITE AMERICA REFORM FUND
$32K
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA VOTES
$22K
ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC)
$2K
REFORM LEADERS PAC
$157
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
5 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $9K to Jay Obernolte across 6 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$9K
Shared contributors
5
Contributions
6
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | $500 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | $8K |
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Jay Obernolte sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required