Doug LaMalfa

























Doug LaMalfa
Doug LaMalfa 113th Congress official photo.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 1st district
Incumbent

Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded byMike Thompson
Member of the California State Senate
from the 4th district

In office
December 6, 2010 – August 31, 2012
Preceded bySam Aanestad
Succeeded byJim Nielsen
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 2nd district

In office
December 2, 2002 – December 1, 2008
Preceded byRichard Dickerson
Succeeded byJim Nielsen

Personal details
Born
Douglas Lee LaMalfa[1]


(1960-07-02) July 2, 1960 (age 58)
Oroville, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Jill LaMalfa
Children4
Education
Butte College
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BS)
WebsiteHouse website

Douglas Lee LaMalfa (born July 2, 1960) is an American politician. A Republican, he has been the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district, located in Northern California, since 2013. LaMalfa previously served in the California State Assembly, representing the 2nd district, from 2002 to 2008, and he served in the California State Senate, representing the 4th district, from 2010 to 2012.




Contents





  • 1 Early life, education and career


  • 2 California Assembly

    • 2.1 Elections


    • 2.2 Tenure


    • 2.3 Committee assignments



  • 3 California Senate

    • 3.1 2010 election


    • 3.2 Tenure


    • 3.3 Committee assignments



  • 4 U.S. House of Representatives

    • 4.1 Elections

      • 4.1.1 2012


      • 4.1.2 2014


      • 4.1.3 2016


      • 4.1.4 2018



    • 4.2 Committee assignments


    • 4.3 Caucus memberships



  • 5 Political positions

    • 5.1 Farming


    • 5.2 Immigration


    • 5.3 LGBT rights


    • 5.4 Voter fraud


    • 5.5 Gun policy


    • 5.6 Taxes



  • 6 Electoral history


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Early life, education and career


LaMalfa is a fourth-generation rice farmer and a lifelong Northern California resident. He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor's degree in Ag/Business. He and his wife, Jill, along with their four children, make their home on the family rice farm in Richvale, a rural unincorporated community south of Chico, that was founded by his great-grandfather in 1931.


LaMalfa is an owner and manager of the Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership, which owns and operates the family farm.[2]



California Assembly



Elections


In 2002, LaMalfa ran for the California Assembly in the 2nd District. He won the Republican primary with 59% of the vote,[3] and the general election with 67%.[4] He won re-election in 2004 (68%)[5] and 2006 (68%).[6]



Tenure


LaMalfa worked with Bernie Richter as an early supporter of Proposition 209, which ended affirmative action in California. He worked for passage of the Protection of Marriage Act, Proposition 22, which banned Same-sex marriage in California, and after that initiative was overturned by the courts, he was an early supporter and active in the Proposition 8 campaign.[7]


LaMalfa opposed Mike Feuer's microstamping bill, AB 1471, which was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 13, 2007.[8]


LaMalfa was a co-author of ACA 20, which, similar to Arizona's new law, would empower law enforcement to act as Immigration, Customs Enforcement Agents and would have cracked down on illegal immigration.[9] ACA 20 failed to pass the first hearing by a 3-to-6 vote.[citation needed]


In 2007, he successfully passed AB 1645, a law that would prevent seizures of firearms in the event of an emergency or natural disaster. This was the first pro-gun legislation passed and signed into law in a decade. When LaMalfa was named the California Rifle and Pistol Association's "Legislator of the Year" for 2007, he said "Receiving this award today from the California Rifle and Pistol Association is a truly humbling honor."[10]



Committee assignments


  • Joint Committee on Legislative Audit[11]

  • Public Safety[12]

  • West Nile virus[13]


California Senate



2010 election


In 2010, he ran for the California State Senate in the 4th District. In the Republican primary, he defeated State Representative Rick Keene 58%–42%.[14] In the general election, he defeated Lathe Gill 68%–32%.[15]



Tenure


In November 2011, LaMalfa opposed a proposed bullet train. He did so, saying "In light of the High Speed Rail plan that was submitted and that the numbers still do not work, California in this dire fiscal crisis that we're in, we're going to introduce legislation to repeal the HSR Authority and the funding for that the state was going to put forward".[16]


LaMalfa opposed a bill that would require history teachers in all California public schools to teach history of homosexuality and gay civil rights. LaMalfa stated the Governor Brown was "out of touch with what I think are still mainstream American values. That's not the kind of stuff I want my kids learning about in public school. They've really crossed a line into a new frontier."[17]


LaMalfa strongly opposed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would eliminate the Electoral College. He argued "I think this is dangerous. It flies in the face of 220 years of election law. We have an electoral college; it was put there for a reason."[18]



Committee assignments


  • Agriculture

  • Budget and Fiscal Review

  • Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)

  • Governance and Finance

  • Natural Resources and Water (Vice Chair)

  • Veterans Affairs

  • Joint Committee on Legislative Audit

  • Joint Committee on Fairs, Allocation, and Classification (Chair)

  • Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture[19]


U.S. House of Representatives



Elections



2012



In January 2012, 2nd district Congressman Wally Herger announced that he was retiring after thirteen terms. Hours after Herger announced his retirement, Republican consultant Dave Gilliard told Flash Report that Herger had endorsed LaMalfa as his successor in the district, which was renumbered as the 1st District in the 2010 round of redistricting.[20] LaMalfa finished first in the June 2012 primary election with 38% of the vote in an eight-person race, winning 10 out of the district's 11 counties.[21]


On November 6, 2012, LaMalfa defeated Democratic Party candidate Jim Reed 57%–43%.[22]



2014



LaMalfa defeated Democrat Heidi Hall in the general election with 61% of the vote.[23]



2016



In the 2016 general election, LaMalfa defeated Democratic nominee Jim Reed with 59.1% of the vote.[24]



2018



LaMalfa is running for re-election. He will face Democrat Audrey Denney in the general election.[25] In the hotly contested race, his campaign sent out an attack mailer showing a falsified picture of Denney signing a document supposedly endorsing Nancy Pelosi and liberal Democrats. Denney uploaded the original photograph to her campaign website in February 2018 to show her signing a promise to oppose campaign contributions from the petroleum industry. LaMalfa's campaign altered the wording on the document for their mailer.[26]



Committee assignments



  • Committee on Agriculture
    • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

    • Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture



  • Committee on Natural Resources
    • Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

    • Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

    • Subcommittee on Water and Power



Caucus memberships



  • Congressional Western Caucus[27]


  • Republican Study Committee[28]


  • U.S.-Japan Caucus[29]


Political positions



Farming


From 1995 to 2016, LaMalfa was the recipient of the largest amount of money from agricultural subsidies (over $1.7 million) in the history of congress. As a member of the House Agricultural Committee, he oversees farm subsidies. In 2017, his spokesman, Parker Williams, stated that LaMalfa "voted to end direct farm subsidy payments in the very first farm bill he worked on" and that a new farm bill proposed does not provide subsidies for rice grown in California, a crop that LaMalfa farms.[2]



Immigration


LaMalfa has an A+ rating from NumbersUSA, an organization that opposes illegal immigration.[30]



LGBT rights


In 2014, LaMalfa was named one of the most "anti-LGBT" politicians in congress by the Human Rights Campaign.[31] He does not believe in same-sex marriage and feared that legalizing it would "open the floodgates" for polygamy to be legalized. He believes marriage is "an institution created by God and supposed to be held up and respected by men. And women."[32] He endorsed the First Amendment Defense Act.[33]



Voter fraud


He stated that "California is just a sieve on its voter security" but does not think his own district had "illegal votes" because it does not "have the demographics that would be a really big push of that."[34]



Gun policy


LaMalfa's website states that he is "proud to have earned an A rating and the endorsements of the NRA and Gun Owners of America."[35] He has received $13,500 from the NRA.[36]



Taxes


LaMalfa voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[37] According to LaMalfa, the bill will enable his constituents to save more money and provide them tax relief. He says that the tax bill will give a "booster shot to the U.S. economy". He believes that the bill enable businesses to hire more workers and that there will be more products made in the USA as a result, especially in Redding.[38]



Electoral history






















California Assembly 2nd District Republican Primary Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa
32,004
58.80
Republican
Pat Kight
12,467
22.90
Republican
John Byrne
8,131
14.90
Republican
Dan Ryhal
1,863
3.40
















California Assembly 2nd District Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa
79,361
67.40
Democratic
Doug Kinyon
34,524
29.30
Libertarian
Pete Bret
3,996
3.30












California Assembly 2nd District Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
115,651
64.90
Democratic
Barbara McIver
62,643
35.10
















California Assembly 2nd District Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
95,723
68.10
Democratic
Mel Smith
41,425
29.50
Peace and Freedom
Phil Dynan
3,474
2.40












California Senate 4th District Republican Primary Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa
72,742
57.80
Republican
Rick Keene
53,129
42.20












California Senate 4th District Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa
226,239
68.30
Democratic
Lathe Gill
105,460
31.70




































California 1st Congressional District Primary Election, 2012

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa
66,527
37.90
Democratic

Jim Reed
43,409
24.80
Republican
Sam Aanestad
25,224
14.40
Republican
Michael Dacquisto
10,530
6.00
Republican
Pete Stiglich
10,258
5.80
Democratic
Nathan Arrowsmith
8,598
4.90
Independent
Gary Allen Oxley
5,901
3.40
Republican
Gregory Cheadle
4,939
2.80












California 1st Congressional District Election, 2012

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa
168,827
57.40
Democratic
Jim Reed
125,386
42.60




















California 1st Congressional District Primary Election, 2014

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
75,317
53.40
Democratic

Heidi Hall
42,481
30.10
Republican
Gregory Cheadle
13,909
9.90
Democratic
Dan Levine
9,213
6.50












California 1st Congressional District Election, 2014

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
132,052
61.00
Democratic
Heidi Hall
84,320
39.00
































California 1st Congressional District Primary Election, 2016

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
86,136
40.80
Democratic

Jim Reed
59,665
28.30
Republican
Joe Montes
35,875
17.00
Democratic
David Peterson
13,430
6.40
Republican
Gary Allen Oxley
6,885
3.30
Independent
Jeff Gerlach
4,958
2.30
Republican
Gregory Cheadle
4,217
2.00












California 1st Congressional District Election, 2016

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
185,448
59.05
Democratic
Jim Reed
128,588
40.95
































California 1st Congressional District Primary Election, 2018

Party

Candidate

Votes

%
Republican

Doug LaMalfa (inc.)
98,354
51.7
Democratic

Audrey Denney
34,121
17.9
Democratic
Jessica Jones Holcombe
22,306
11.7
Democratic
Marty Walters
16,032
8.4
Republican
Gregory Edward Cheadle
11,660
6.1
Democratic
David Peterson
5,707
3.0
Green
Lewis Elbinger
2,191
1.2


References




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External links





  • Congressman Doug LaMalfa official U.S. House website

  • Doug LaMalfa for Congress


  • Doug LaMalfa at Curlie




  • Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress


  • Profile at Vote Smart


  • Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission


  • Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress


  • Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database for Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership, since 1995














California Assembly
Preceded by
Richard Dickerson

Member of the California Assembly
from the 2nd district

2002–2008
Succeeded by
Jim Nielsen

California Senate
Preceded by
Sam Aanestad

Member of the California Senate
from the 4th district

2010–2012
Succeeded by
Jim Nielsen

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Mike Thompson

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 1st congressional district

2013–present

Incumbent

U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Ann McLane Kuster

United States Representatives by seniority
220th
Succeeded by
Alan Lowenthal





















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