election with 61% of the vote. 2016 In the 2016 general election, LaMalfa defeated Democratic nominee Jim Reed with 59.1% of the vote. 2018 There were many candidates in the primary contest, including four candidates expressing preference for the Democratic party, two candidates expressing preference for the Republican party (including LaMalfa), and one candidate expressing preference for the Green Party of the United States. LaMalfa and Audrey Denney (who preferred the Democratic party) were the top two candidates in the primary, earning 51.7% and 17.9% of the vote respectively. LaMalfa defeated Denney in the general election. 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. LaMalfa defeated Denney in the general election, earning 54.9% of the 291,594 votes cast in the November 6 election, compared to Denney's 45.1%. 2020 LaMalfa defeated Denney in a general-election rematch with 57.0% of the vote to her 43.0%. Committee assignments Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry (Ranking Member) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Caucus memberships Congressional Western Caucus Republican Study Committee U.S.-Japan Caucus Political positions Abortion LaMalfa supported the overturning of Roe v. Wade. He called Roe v. Wade "partisan" and said it "does not represent the values of our country." Climate change LaMalfa has said, "The climate of the globe has been fluctuating since God created it", and that the Book of Genesis disproves the scientific consensus on climate change, which he has called "bad science". In 2017, he said, "I don't buy the idea that manmade activity is responsible." In 2018, amidst wildfires, LaMalfa said, "I'm not going to quibble here today about whether it's man, or sunspot activity, or magma causing ice shelves to melt." Donald Trump During President Donald Trump's first impeachment, LaMalfa voted against impeachment, believing that Trump did not do anything that warranted impeachment, including during his phone call with the President of Ukraine. After Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to concede, LaMalfa