Granger was the first GOP woman from Texas to be elected to Congress, where she served for nearly three decades.
Former Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger has died, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a Sunday social media post. She was 83.
Granger was the first Republican woman elected to represent Texas in Washington, D.C.
She took the seat in 1997 and went on to serve Texas’ 12th Congressional District for nearly three decades. Granger was the most senior Republican member of the state’s delegation by the end of her tenure. During this time, she also rose through the ranks to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
Granger announced in late 2023 that she would not seek reelection and stepped down from her role as appropriations committee chair in early 2024. She then missed several months of votes, before disclosing that she was facing health challenges.
Source: Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune
Photo Credit: U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, speaks to supporters at a Blue Mesa restaurant in Fort Worth as the 2020 primary election results trickled in on March 3, 2020. Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune
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