The United States of America Republican Representative Doug LaMalfa of California has died at the age of 65, a fellow lawmaker, Richard Hudson said on Tuesday.
This deals another blow to Republicans’ already narrow majority in the House of Representatives ahead of the November elections that will determine control of Congress, Reuters reported.
“Doug was a principled conservative and a tireless advocate for the people of Northern California,” Representative Richard Hudson of North Carolina, who chairs House Republicans’ campaign arm, said in a statement announcing LaMalfa’s death.
LaMalfa’s sudden passing further reduces House Republicans’ majority to 218–213, coming just a day after the resignation of Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.