About
Obernolte, Jay Phillip a Representative from California; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 18, 1970; graduated from Edison High School, Fresno, Calif., 1988; B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., 1992; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1997; D.P.A., California Baptist University, Riverside, Calif., 2020; entrepreneur; pilot; member of the Big Bear, Calif., airport board of directors, 2005-2010; member of the Big Bear, Calif., city council, 2010-2014; Mayor of Big Bear, Calif., 2012-2014; member of the California state assembly, 2014-2020; Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2016; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2021-present).
Official Biography · U.S. Congress.
Performance & Participation
Votes CastTop 25%
100% — Voted in 642 of 645 roll call votes this congress.
Avg 97% · Most: 100% · Least: 18%
Vote IndependenceTop 25%
3.3% — Voted against their own party majority 20 of 604 times.
Avg 2.1% · Most independent: 23.7% · Most party-line: 0.0%
Cosponsors AttractedMiddle 50%
198 — Attracted 198 cosponsors across 29 bills.
Avg 299 · Most: 1,868 · Least: 0
Cosponsors Attracted Cross-AisleTop 25%
94 — Attracted 94 cosponsors across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 1,291 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships GivenMiddle 50%
232 — 232 bills cosponsored.
Avg 304 · Most: 1,768 · Least: 3
Cosponsorships Given Cross-AisleTop 25%
86 — 86 bills cosponsored across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 803 · Least: 0
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