By KEVIN FREKING and MIKE CATALINI Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. consultant from California, has died, GOP officers stated Tuesday. He was 65.
FILE – On this picture from video, Rep. Doug LaMalfa. R-Calif., speaks on the ground of the Home of Representatives on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 23, 2020. (Home Tv through AP, FIle)
His demise, confirmed by Majority Whip Tom Emmer and Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, reduces the Republicans’ already slender management of the Home to 218 seats to Democrats’ 213.
Particulars surrounding LaMalfa’s demise have been unclear.
LaMalfa represented Northern California’s 1st District, alongside the Oregon border, together with Redding and reaching simply north of Sacramento. He had deliberate to run for reelection regardless of his district being dramatically redrawn beneath a poll measure handed by California voters in November. The measure, backed by Democrats, was designed to make it tougher for LaMalfa and 4 different Republicans to win reelection.
“Doug was a principled conservative and a tireless advocate for the people of Northern California,” Hudson stated. “He was never afraid to fight for rural communities, farmers, and working families. Doug brought grit, authenticity, and conviction to everything he did in public service.”
LaMalfa was a former state lawmaker and rice farmer. He was first elected to Congress in 2012.
He was an everyday presence on the Home flooring, serving to GOP management open the chamber and supply his view native and nationwide affairs.
C-SPAN in a latest compilation stated he gave at the least one set of remarks for the document on 81 days in 2025. Solely two different lawmakers spoke on the Home flooring extra regularly.
Catalini reported from Trenton, N.J.
