US Rep Doug LaMalfa dies, further narrowing Republican majority

By Nolan D. ⁠McCaskill

WASHINGTON, Jan ⁠6 (Reuters) - ‍Republican Representative Doug LaMalfa of California has died, a fellow lawmaker said on Tuesday, ‍further shrinking Republicans' narrow majority in the House ​of Representatives ahead of November elections that will determine control ​of Congress.

"Doug was a principled conservative and a tireless advocate for the people of Northern California," said Representative Richard Hudson of ​North Carolina, who chairs House Republicans' campaign arm.

LaMalfa's sudden death at age 65 shrinks House Republicans' ​majority to 218-213, following the resignation of Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor ‌Greene on Monday. Democrats will gain another member after a Jan. 31 runoff to replace ​the late Representative Sylvester Turner ⁠of Texas.

LaMalfa was first elected to his rural Northern California seat in 2012 ‌and easily won re-election after that. But California Democrats redrew his district last year into territory that Democratic ‌presidential candidate Kamala Harris would have won by 10 points ‌in 2024, a response to Republican redistricting efforts in other states. President Donald Trump won LaMalfa's original district by 25 ‍points in 2024.

House Democrats acknowledged LaMalfa's passing and held a moment of silence ⁠at an unofficial hearing on the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, riot on Tuesday morning inside the Capitol.

(Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill; editing by Andy Sullivan and Nick Zieminski)

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