Current:US Representative of TX District 12 since 1997
Affiliation: Republican
Leadership: Chair, House Committee on Appropriations
District: Western half of Tarrant County, as well as most of Parker County. The district also contains Texas Christian University. Fragments of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex are included in the district.
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History: Granger is the first Republican woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House. After serving on the zoning commission of Fort Worth, Texas, in 1991 she was elected the city’s first female mayor; she served two terms.
Granger formerly supported abortion rights[ and Roe v. Wade. She reversed her position in 2020, asserting that she is now anti-abortion and signing an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe.
Owner, Kay Granger Insurance, 1978-1996
Featured Quote:
For more than 40 years, the Hyde Amendment has ensured that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars aren’t used to pay for abortions, and the amendment has saved nearly 2.5 MILLION lives from abortion since 1976. #HydeSavesLives
Featured Video: Kay Granger speaks to her supporters at rally