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On May 11, 1970, Lubbock sustained a deadly F-5 tornado in which twenty-six persons were killed, and property damage was estimated at $125 million (826 million in 2020 dollars). On the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado in 2020, the Lubbock community gathered at the Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway at Lubbock National Bank Park on Avenue Q downtown to memorialize the victims and honor the city leadership under [[Mayor]]s Jim Granberry and [[Morris "Moe" Turner]] which brought out the recovery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200510/lubbock-remembers-50-years-after-deadly-tornado-city-pauses-to-reflect-on-loss-progress|title=Lubbock remembers: 50 years after deadly tornado, city pauses to reflect on loss, progress|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 10, 2020|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>
On May 11, 1970, Lubbock sustained a deadly F-5 tornado in which twenty-six persons were killed, and property damage was estimated at $125 million (826 million in 2020 dollars). On the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado in 2020, the Lubbock community gathered at the Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway at Lubbock National Bank Park on Avenue Q downtown to memorialize the victims and honor the city leadership under [[Mayor]]s Jim Granberry and [[Morris "Moe" Turner]] which brought out the recovery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200510/lubbock-remembers-50-years-after-deadly-tornado-city-pauses-to-reflect-on-loss-progress|title=Lubbock remembers: 50 years after deadly tornado, city pauses to reflect on loss, progress|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 10, 2020|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>
The city has been politically [[conservative]] (it was rated the #2 most conservative city in America and the most conservative in Texas, notwithstanding the presence of a large public university) and has been represented in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] by three consecutive [[Republican Party|Republican]] members since 1985. It is the home of a large number of [[Christian]] churches of different denominations.
The city has been politically [[conservative]] (it was rated the #2 most conservative city in America and the most conservative in Texas, notwithstanding the presence of a large public university. In the 2018 [[United States Senate]] [[general election]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent, [[Ted Cruz]] polled 58,780 votes (64.7 percent) to 32,068 votes (35.3 percent) of the two-party vote for the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Beto O'Rourke]]. Lubbock has been represented since 1985 in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by three consecutive Republican legislators.
Lubbock is the home of a large number of [[Christian]] churches of different denominations.
==Former Queen City subdivision==
==Former Queen City subdivision==