Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson is heading into the midterm year with a razor-thin Republican majority after the tragic and sudden passing of one GOP lawmaker. California Rep. Doug LaMalfa represented the 1st Congressional District in Northern California and was chairman of the Western Caucus. He was just 65 years old. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer announced that the congressman had passed away suddenly in a post on X on Tuesday. Read more at The Daily Beast.