Doug LaMalfa

**Douglas Lee LaMalfa** (July 2, 1960 &ndash; January 6, 2026) was an American politician and businessman who was the U.S. representative for California's 1st congressional district from 2013 until his death in 2026. He was a member of the Republican Party. 

LaMalfa used to be an assemblyman in the California State Assembly for California's 2nd State Assembly district from 2002 to 2008 and a state senator in the California State Senate for California's 4th State Senate district from 2010 to 2012. 

## Political views
When he was a state senator, LaMalfa went against a bill that would get rid of the electoral  college. As a congressman LaMalfa did not think that climate change was a problem and was against illegal immigration. In December 2020, Doug LaMalfa joined 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who supported *Texas v. Pennsylvania* which was a lawsuit to get rid of the 2020 United States presidential election results in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.

## Death
LaMalfa died on January 6, 2026 while having surgery for an aortic aneurysm in Chico, California at the age of 65. The cause of death was a heart attack caused by an aortic dissection and cardiomegaly.

## Election history
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Republican
| class="fn"    | Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | 98,354
| style="text-align:right;" | 51.7
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Democratic
| class="fn"    | Audrey Denney
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,121
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.9
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|- class="vcard"
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Democratic
| class="fn"    | Jessica Holcombe
| style="text-align:right;" | 22,306
| style="text-align:right;" | 11.7
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|- class="vcard"
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Democratic
| class="fn"    | Marty Waters
| style="text-align:right;" | 16,032
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.4
|-
|- class="vcard"
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Republican
| class="fn"    | Gregory Cheadle
| style="text-align:right;" | 11,660
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.1
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|- class="vcard"
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Democratic
| class="fn"    | David Peterson
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,707
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.0
|-
|- class="vcard"
| style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" |
| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Green
| class="fn"    | Lewis Elbinger
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,191
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.2
|-

|- class="vcard"
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | **Republican **
| class="fn" | **Doug LaMalfa (incumbent) **
| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | ** **
| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | **54.9 **
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | Democratic
| class="fn"    | Audrey Denney
| style="text-align:right;" | 131,548
| style="text-align:right;" | 45.1
|-

## References
## Other websites
* Congressman Doug LaMalfa official U.S. House website
* Doug LaMalfa for Congress
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* Join California Doug La Malfa