Obit LaMalfa FILE - Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., a member of the House Agriculture Committee, arrives for a closed-door meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Obit LaMalfa FILE - In this image from video, Rep. Doug LaMalfa. R-Calif., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 23, 2020. (House Television via AP, FIle) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (AP)
Obit LaMalfa FILE - Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., speaks during a press conference in Chico, Calif., , Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, FIle) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)
Obit LaMalfa FILE - President Joe Biden, left, greets Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP, FIle) (Shawn Thew/AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. Representative from California, has died, GOP officials said Tuesday. He was 65.
His death, confirmed by Majority Whip Tom Emmer and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, reduces the Republicans’ already narrow control of the House to 218 seats to Democrats’ 213.
Details surrounding LaMalfa’s death were unclear.
LaMalfa was a former state lawmaker and rice farmer. He was first elected to Congress in 2012.
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