Doug LaMalfa seals victory over Max Steiner for US Congress

Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) is heading back to Washington D.C. for another two years.

LaMalfa easily defeated his latest challenger, Democrat Max Steiner of Chico, and won his sixth consecutive term representing District 1 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Voting totals through Wednesday afternoon showed LaMalfa with 83,979 votes, far outdistancing Steiner with 56,249. The 59.9 percent garnered by LaMalfa, if it holds, would be his largest percentage of votes received since 2014.

“I’m honored to receive the votes and trust from so many in Nor Cal,” LaMalfa said Tuesday night. “We have a lot of work to do, including bringing down inflation, improving forestry, building water storage and rebuilding trust in our government institutions. I’m ready to get back to work.”

In Butte County, the vote was almost evenly split, with LaMalfa holding a 25,191-24,717 edge.