Kay Granger

Kay Granger
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
In office January 3, 2023 – April 10, 2024
Preceded by	Rosa DeLauro
Succeeded by	Tom Cole
Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Nita Lowey
Succeeded by	Rosa DeLauro
Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Leader	John Boehner
Preceded by	Jack Kingston
Succeeded by	Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 12th district
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Pete Geren
Succeeded by	Craig Goldman
41st Mayor of Fort Worth
In office May 21, 1991 – December 19, 1995
Preceded by	Bob Bolen
Succeeded by	Jewell Woods (acting)
Personal details
Born	Norvell Kay Mullendore (1943-01-18) January 18, 1943 (age 82) Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Children	3
Education	Texas Wesleyan University (BA)
Granger's voice Granger supporting the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 Recorded July 25, 2019

Norvell Kay Granger (née Mullendore, January 18, 1943) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district from 1997 to 2025. A Republican, Granger chaired the House Committee on Appropriations from 2023 to 2024.

A former teacher and businesswoman, Granger served on the zoning commission of Fort Worth and on the Fort Worth City Council. She was elected as the first female mayor of Fort Worth in 1991 and served in that capacity until 1995. Granger was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996.^[1] She is the first Republican woman elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Republican woman to chair the House Committee on Appropriations.^[2]

Granger did not seek reelection in 2024. Following several months of absence from the Capitol, she was confirmed in December 2024 to have been residing in a senior living facility in Fort Worth, Texas since July 2024.