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Common Ground Scorecard for Jay Obernolte

U.S. House

Jay Obernolte (CA-23 - R)

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Jay Obernolte was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lives in Big Bear Lake, California. Obernolte graduated from Edison High School in 1988. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering and applied science from the California Institute of Technology in 1992, a master’s degree in artificial intelligence from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1997, and a doctorate in public administration from California Baptist University in 2020. Obernolte’s career experience includes owning a video game development studio and working as a video game developer. He served on the Big Bear, California, airport board of directors.

(Biography courtesy of https://ballotpedia.org/Jay_Obernolte)

Learn what Jay Obernolte says about finding common ground

Up for Reelection in 2024

Top Organizations and Groups

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • House Committee on Budget
  • House Committee on Natural Resources

Common Ground Score is

49
Well Above Average

Based on a scale of 0-100, below is a breakdown of the Common Ground Score:

Official PerformanceMAX 30
19
Personal ActionsMAX 30
10
CommunicationsMAX 20
20
CommitmentsMAX 20
0
BONUS: Outstanding Common GrounderMAX 10
0

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Official Performance Commentary

Official Performance score increased 19 points based on 2023 performance. Top 10% for Official Performance.

Personal Actions Commentary

Joined Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu for a conversation on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier's Common Ground segment as well as on Bret Baier's Common Ground podcast.

Communications Commentary

"Next week Joe Biden will become the President of the United States. I plan to attend his inauguration and look forward to finding common ground with him to work together on behalf of the American people. We now have a simple but fundamental decision to make: will we continue down the path of hate and division, or will we seek a different path to move forward together? I am choosing the latter, and I implore my colleagues, my constituents, and our nation to join me on that path for the sake of our Republic."

Commitments Commentary

The politician has not affirmed the commitments.

Outstanding Commmon Grounder Commentary

There is no information available to support this score.

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  • Champion
  • Well Above Average
  • Somewhat Above Average
  • Average
  • Somewhat Below Average
  • Well Below Average

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Personal Actions points can be provisionally awarded for a commitment to take the action(s) within the first six months of office, if elected.

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