Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a rice farmer who served in political office in California for more than two decades, died suddenly, House GOP leaders said Tuesday. He was 65. “Jacquie and I are devastated about the sudden loss of our friend, Congressman Doug LaMalfa.
Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America,” Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 House Republican, said in a post on X. “Our prayers are with Doug’s wife, Jill, and their children.” The cause of death was not immediately clear. LaMalfa's death was a shock to friends and colleagues on Capitol Hill. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was roommates with LaMalfa in the state legislature in Sacramento and later served with him in Congress, told NBC News he was 'devastated.' 'He’s probably one of the most genuine, most honest guys you would ever meet,' McCarthy said in a phone interview on Tuesday. He said, 'He was a rice farmer. He represented his district so well. He would travel anywhere to talk to anybody. He went up and down the state. We were together campaigning earlier this year, but he was my roommate in Sacramento and we have been dear friends ever since.'
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