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Northern California Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa died during surgery after suffering a medical emergency. That is according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. Officials say emergency personnel were called to LaMalfa’s home shortly before seven o’clock Monday night. He died early this morning at a hospital in Chico. The coroner is working to determine an official cause of death. A lawmaker familiar with the matter tells Politico LaMalfa suffered an aneurysm, then a heart attack during surgery. LaMalfa, first elected to Congress in 2012, represented District One, which includes Oroville, Yuba City, Chico, Redding and the California-Oregon state boundary. Last year, he was unanimously elected as chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus. LaMalfa was 65 years old.
