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Former Rep. Kay Granger, a Texas Republican trailblazer and former Fort Worth mayor, has died at 83.

Granger was the first woman elected mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, and the first Republican woman to chair one of the most powerful committees in Congress, the House Appropriations Committee.

Former Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger has died at the age of 83, officials said on Sunday evening. She also served as the first female mayor of Fort Worth.

Former Rep. Kay Granger, a trailblazing Texas Republican who served nearly three decades in Congress and became Fort Worth's first female mayor, has died at 83.

Speaker Mike Johnson says former Rep. Kay Granger has died. Read tributes and reflections on her nearly three decades in Congress.