THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Obernolte's $3.9M fundraising profile is balanced between PACs and committees (57%) and individual donors (43%), with $253K in separate party and leadership contributions. His industry-tied donations cluster in technology (14%), lawyers and lobbyists (13%), health services (10%), telecommunications (8%), and insurance (5%), while individual employed donors work primarily in legal, technology, and gaming sectors. He has cast 338 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$3.9M▲ 46% in ’24 vs ’22#125 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share14%Technology
Donor-sector votes24on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Obernolte (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Obernolte voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 24 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Obernolte's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$45K
INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES
employees
2$38K
ESRI
employees
3GOOGLE
$32K
employees
4$31K
MEHLMAN CONSULTING
employees
5$29K
MGR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting97%
Jay Obernolte (R) voted YEA on 14 of 14 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #16 rate in the House
Rep. Obernolte voted YEA on all 14 tracked bills an AI classifier identified as favoring Technology and Telecommunications sectors among his top donors, ranking #16 among House members for this voting rate. He also voted YEA on both bills classified as limiting those same sectors, including S3451-117, which streamlines federal permitting for computer-related projects.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap78%
Jay Obernolte (R) voted YEA sjres28-119; Technology is their largest tracked donor sector (13%) with 9655 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would nullify a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that subjects major payment app companies to federal supervision. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) voted YEA on sjres28-119. Technology companies provided 12.7% of his identifiable campaign contributions ($0.46M, ranking fourth in his party), and technology industry entities filed 9,655 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Committee–Donor Overlap71%
Jay Obernolte (R) sits on the Science, Space, and Technology committee overseeing Technology — their largest tracked donor sector (13%)
Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) serves on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which has jurisdiction over the Technology sector. Technology comprises 12.8% of his identifiable donor base ($0.50M), ranking fourth among House Republicans by concentration in their committee's primary jurisdiction sector.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Science, Space, and Technology
Energy and Commerce
Budget
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Doris O. Matsui
D-CA · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Brett Guthrie
R-KY · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Yvette D. Clarke
D-NY · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Kathy Castor
D-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesTelecommunications
Ben Ray Luján
D-NM · Senate
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Gary C. Peters
D-MI · Senate
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services