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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 23

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

On the ballot

Jay Obernolte — Republican
Tessa Lynn Hodge — Democratic

This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).

Record in office

Jay Obernolte (Republican) has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and has sponsored 30 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Tessa Lynn Hodge has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Obernolte — Committees: Energy and Commerce; Science, Space, and Technology; Budget Obernolte — HJRES 89 (2025): Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The "Omnibus" Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Individuals
PACs & committees
Self-funding

Jay Obernolte

$1,455,868 raised

Individuals$498,76037%
PACs & committees$863,37163%

Tessa Lynn Hodge

$79,499 raised

Individuals$70,27389%
Self-funding$9,08011%

Total raised is all receipts for the 2026 cycle; the breakdown lists direct contributions, so the pieces can sum below the total. Figures are FEC filings through June 30, 2026, per the FEC bulk campaign-finance summaries, retrieved 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Jay Obernolte (Republican)57.1% · 81,346 votes

Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic)21.3% · 30,292 votes

Pat Wallis (Democratic)13.3% · 18,945 votes

Karen Leigh Matthews (No Party Preference)4.6% · 6,501 votes

Karsten Scott Nicholson (Democratic)3.1% · 4,409 votes

Eli C. Owens (No Party Preference)0.7% · 986 votes

Renee Longshore (Democratic) · write-in0.0% · 36 votes

Robert Matthew Riter (Republican) · write-in0.0% · 9 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
unitedstates.github.io (opens in a new tab)congress-legislators — current members of Congress (unitedstates project)
api.congress.gov (opens in a new tab)Congress.gov — member sponsored legislation (Library of Congress)
fec.gov (opens in a new tab)FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)

Last updated August 3, 2026.