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{{Infobox officeholder
|name            = Doug LaMalfa
|image           = Doug LaMalfa 113th Congress official photo.jpg
|state           = {{wipe|California}}
|district        = {{ushr|CA|1|1st}}
|term_start      = January 3, 2013
|term_end        = 
|predecessor     = Wally Herger (Redistricting)
|successor       = 
|state_senate1   = California State
|district1       = 4th
|term_start1     = December 6, 2010
|term_end1       = August 31, 2012
|predecessor1    = Sam Aanestad
|successor1      = Jim Nielsen
|state_assembly2 = California
|district2       = 2nd
|term_start2     = December 2, 2002
|term_end2       = December 1, 2008
|predecessor2    = Richard Dickerson
|successor2      = Jim Nielsen
|birth_name      = Douglas Lee LaMalfa<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/crec/2018/02/13/CREC-2018-02-13-pt1-PgH1117-5.pdf Congressional Record, February 13, 2018]</ref>
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1960|7|2}}
|birth_place     = Oroville, California, U.S.
|death_date      = 
|death_place     = 
|party           = Republican
|spouse          = Jill LaMalfa
|children        = 4
|education       = Butte College<br>[[Organization:California Polytechnic State University|California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo]] (BS)
|website         = {{url|lamalfa.house.gov/|House website}}
}}
'''Douglas Lee LaMalfa''' (born July 2, 1960) is an {{wipe|United States}} [[Social:Politician|politician]]. A Republican, he has been the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district since 2013. The district, the second-largest in the state, covers nearly all of interior northern California including Chico, Redding, Susanville and Truckee.

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.

==Early life, education and career==
LaMalfa is a fourth-generation rice farmer and a lifelong Northern California resident. He graduated from [[Organization:California Polytechnic State University|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.<ref name="Johnson12817">{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Rifa|title=Rep. LaMalfa highest earner of farm subsidies in Congress, report shows|url=http://www.chicoer.com/article/NA/20171208/NEWS/171209733|website=ChicoER News|accessdate=December 25, 2017}}</ref>

==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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=286835|title=CA State Assembly 02- R Primary Race|date=March 5, 2002|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> and the general election with 67%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5606|title=CA State Assembly 02 Race|date=November 5, 2002|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> He won re-election in 2004 (68%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=71853|title=CA State Assembly 02 Race|date=November 2, 2004|publisher=Our Campaigns |accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> and 2006 (68%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/stasm/0259.htm|title=Archived copy|accessdate=July 15, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611170134/http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/stasm/0259.htm|archivedate=June 11, 2007}}</ref>

===Tenure===
[[File:FRC President Tony Perkins presents the "True Blue" award to Congressman Doug LaMalfa.jpg|thumb|LaMalfa being presented the True Blue award by FRC President Tony Perkins]]
LaMalfa worked with Bernie Richter as an early supporter of Proposition 209, which ended [[Social:Affirmative action|affirmative action]] in California. He worked for passage of the Protection of Marriage Act, Proposition 22, which banned [[Social:Same-sex marriage|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.douglamalfa.com/about|title=Doug LaMalfa for U.S. Representative|publisher=Douglamalfa.com|date=November 21, 2013|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

LaMalfa opposed Mike Feuer's microstamping bill, AB 1471, which was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 13, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |author=Feuer |url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1471_bill_20071013_chaptered.html|title=AB 1471 Assembly Bill – CHAPTERED|publisher=Leginfo.ca.gov|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Haynes|url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/05-06/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/aca_20_bill_20050628_amended_asm.html|title=ACA 20 Assembly Constitutional Amendment – AMENDED|publisher=Leginfo.ca.gov|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> ACA 20 failed to pass the first hearing by a 3-to-6 vote.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

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."<ref>{{cite news|title=LaMalfa, Legislator of the Year|url=http://www.appeal-democrat.com/corning_observer/news/lamalfa-legislator-of-the-year/article_62721e97-bc2f-5444-a2c2-ff5e36f45258.html|accessdate=December 5, 2015|publisher=Corning Observer|date=March 26, 2008}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
* Joint Committee on Legislative Audit<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CERB&p_theme=cerb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=104D3D25B617F4B5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Keene, LaMalfa want public hearings on charges against Secretary of State Shelley|website=Nl.newsbank.com|accessdate=November 12, 2016}}</ref>
* Public Safety<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.redding.com/news/2012/mar/27/bill-close-rape-loophole-passes-assembly-committee|title=Bill to close rape "loophole" passes Assembly committee » Record Searchlight Mobile|publisher=M.redding.com|date=March 27, 2012|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>
* West Nile virus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RBDB&p_theme=rbdb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=104D80BF9F1B61B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title= LaMalfa backs WN virus grant|website=Nl.newsbank.com|accessdate=November 12, 2016}}</ref>

==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%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=653299|title=CA State Senate 04-R Primary Race|date=June 8, 2010|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> In the general election, he defeated Lathe Gill 68%–32%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=653297|title=CA State Senate 04 Race|date=November 2, 2010 |publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

===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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing?Move-Afoot-to-Derail-CAs-Bullet-Train-Pr=1&blockID=562442&feedID=806|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908200247/http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing?Move-Afoot-to-Derail-CAs-Bullet-Train-Pr=1&blockID=562442&feedID=806 |url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2013|title=Move Afoot to Derail CA's Bullet Train Project|accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Siders|first=David|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/15/3771352/gov-brown-signs-law-requiring.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718092111/http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/15/3771352/gov-brown-signs-law-requiring.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2011 |title=Gov. Brown signs law requiring teaching of gay history|date=July 18, 2011 |accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web|author=Don Thompson|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/14/calif-lawmakers-approve-change-to-electoral-votes|title=Calif lawmakers approve change to electoral votes|publisher=UTSanDiego.com|date=July 14, 2011|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

===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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Doug_La_Malfa |title=Doug LaMalfa |publisher=Ballotpedia |date= |accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sabalow|first=Ryan|url=http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jan/09/herger-announce-retirement-lamalfa-run-his-seat|title=UPDATED: Herger announces retirement; backs LaMalfa to run for his seat|publisher=Redding Record-Searchlight|accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-primary/pdf/13-sov-summary.pdf|title=Archived copy|accessdate=February 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018061728/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-primary/pdf/13-sov-summary.pdf|archivedate=October 18, 2012}}</ref>

On November 6, 2012, LaMalfa defeated Democratic Party candidate Jim Reed 57%–43%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf|title=Archived copy|accessdate=June 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224021529/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf|archivedate=December 24, 2012}}</ref>

====2014====
LaMalfa defeated Democratic nominee Heidi Hall in the general election with 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=California's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_1st_Congressional_District_elections,_2014 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref>

====2016====
In the 2016 general election, LaMalfa defeated Democratic nominee Jim Reed with 59.1% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=California U.S. House 1st District Results: Doug La Malfa Wins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/california-house-district-1-la-malfa-reed |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref>

====2018====
LaMalfa defeated Democratic challenger Audrey Denney in the general election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Risa |title=Richvale’s Doug LaMalfa, Chico’s Audrey Denney advance in congressional race |url=https://www.chicoer.com/2018/06/05/lamalfa-denney-ahead-in-congressional-race-2/ |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=Chico Enterprise Record |date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2018/10/25/denney-says-lamalfas-office-put-fake-picture-her-new-mailer/1762639002/</ref>

===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<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|format=|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|date=|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>
* '''Republican Study Committee'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Member List|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|format=|publisher=Republican Study Committee|accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref>
*U.S.-Japan Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|format=| publisher=U.S. - Japan Caucus |date=|accessdate=11 December 2018}}</ref>

==Political positions==

===Climate Change===
In 2014, during a candidate forum where the previous speaker stated that once we get past the debate about [[Earth:Climate change|climate change]], a debate about solutions can start, LaMalfa stated "The climate of the globe has been fluctuating since God created it".<ref>{{cite news | title = LaMalfa, Hall clash at Chico candidates forum | url = http://www.redding.com/news/local-news/lamalfa-hall-clash-at-chico-candidates-forum | date = September 24, 2014 | work = Redding Record Searchlight | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141125110537/http://www.redding.com/news/local-news/lamalfa-hall-clash-at-chico-candidates-forum | archive-date = November 25, 2014}}</ref>

In 2017, about climate change, LaMalfa was quoted as saying "I don’t buy the idea that man-made activity is responsible."<ref>{{cite news | title = 'May You Die in Pain,' Voter Tells GOP Lawmaker | first = Dartunorro | last = Clark | work = NBC News | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/may-you-die-pain-voter-tells-gop-lawmaker-n790726 | date = August 8, 2017 | access-date = November 7, 2019}}</ref>

===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 [[Biology:Rice|rice]] grown in California, a crop that LaMalfa farms.<ref name="Johnson12817"/>

===Immigration ===
LaMalfa has an A+ rating from [[Organization:NumbersUSA|NumbersUSA]], an organization that opposes immigration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/9494/gradescoresheet|title=Representative Doug LaMalfa, Report Card &#124; NumbersUSA - For Lower Immigration Levels|website=NumbersUSA.com|accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref>

===LGBT rights===
In 2014, LaMalfa was named one of the most "anti-LGBT" politicians in congress by the Human Rights Campaign.<ref name="Peters10714">{{cite web|last1=Peters|first1=Stephen|title=19 Members of Congress Inducted into HRC’s Hall of Shame {{!}} Human Rights Campaign|url=https://www.hrc.org/blog/hall-of-shame|website=Human Rights Campaign|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref> He does not believe in [[Social:Same-sex marriage|same-sex marriage]] and feared that legalizing it would "open the floodgates" for [[Religion:Polygamy|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."<ref name="Beauchamp3314">{{cite web|last1=Beauchamp|first1=Marc|title=Doug LaMalfa on gay marriage|url=http://www.redding.com/story/opinion/contributors/local-voices/2014/03/03/doug_lamalfa_on/96792428|website=Redding Record Searchlight|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref> He endorsed the First Amendment Defense Act.<ref name="Laslo81915">{{cite web|last1=Laslo|first1=Matt|title=In Wake Of Gay Marriage Ruling, Sacramento-Area Representatives Ponder Next Steps|url=http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/08/19/in-wake-of-gay-marriage-ruling-sacramento-area-representatives-ponder-next-steps|website=Capital Public Radio|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref>

===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."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/2017/02/21/live-chat-doug-lamalfa-upbeat-trump/98222416|title=In live chat, Doug LaMalfa upbeat about Trump|work=Lebanon Daily News|access-date=March 27, 2017}}</ref>

=== 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.douglamalfa.com/issues-and-solutions/|title=Issues and Solutions {{!}} Doug LaMalfa for U.S. Representative|website=www.douglamalfa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref> He has received $13,500 from the NRA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Secrets: Gun Rights|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=Q13&recipdetail=H&sortorder=S&cycle=All}}</ref>

===Taxes===
LaMalfa voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.<ref name="Almukhtar122117">{{cite web|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=December 22, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Sandhu122017">{{cite web|last1=Sandhu|first1=Amber|title=How the Republican tax bill may affect the North State|url=http://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2017/12/20/how-tax-bill-may-affect-north-state/971836001/|website=Redding Record Searchlight|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California Assembly 2nd District Election, 2004
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Republican
|'''Doug LaMalfa (inc.)'''
|115,651
|64.90
|-
|Democratic
|Barbara McIver
|62,643
|35.10
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California Senate 4th District Election, 2010
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Republican
|'''Doug LaMalfa'''
|226,239
|68.30
|-
|Democratic
|Lathe Gill
|105,460
|31.70
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California 1st Congressional District Election, 2012
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Republican
|'''Doug LaMalfa'''
|168,827
|57.40
|-
|Democratic
|Jim Reed
|125,386
|42.60
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California 1st Congressional District Election, 2014
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Republican
|'''Doug LaMalfa (inc.)'''
|132,052
|61.00
|-
|Democratic
|Heidi Hall
|84,320
|39.00
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California 1st Congressional District Election, 2016
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Republican
|'''Doug LaMalfa (inc.)'''
|185,448
|59.05
|-
|Democratic
|Jim Reed
|128,588
|40.95
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California 1st Congressional District Election, 2018
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Republican
|'''Doug LaMalfa (inc.)'''
|160,046
|54.9
|-
|Democratic
|Audrey Denney
|131,548
|45.1
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://lamalfa.house.gov/ Congressman Doug LaMalfa] official U.S. House website
* [http://www.douglamalfa.com/ Doug LaMalfa for Congress]
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