Granger, Kay, 1943-

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Norvell Kay Granger (née Mullendore; born January 18, 1943) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she has represented Texas's 12th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997.

Born in Greeenville, Texas and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, she graduated from Eastern Hills High School before earning a B.S. from Texas Wesleyan University in 1965. After graduation, she worked as a teacher and business owner before being named to the Fort Worth zoning commission, serving there from 1981 to 1989. Granger was next a member of the Fort Worth city council from 1989 to 1991 before serving as the first female mayor of Fort Worth from 1991 to 1995. In 1996, Granger won election to the U.S. House handily.

Granger is a member of the Ripon Society, a moderate Republican group. The Washington Post described her as socially centrist, but fiscally conservative. Though she has supoported abortion rights when she first ran for Congress, Granger reversed her position in 2020, signing an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Granger has voted several times in favor of an amendment to the United States Constitution to make it a crime to physically desecrate the American flag. She supported the Federal Marriage Amendment to define marriage as only permitted between a man and a woman, and also opposed letting same-sex couples adopt children. During her tenure, Granger has supported more than $50 million in earmarks to infrastructure projects in Fort Worth that benefited the Trinity River Vision Authority, an organization her son heads.

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