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==Political career==

==Political career==

Granberry was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee and a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], to re-nominate the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] ticket. He served on the Lubbock City Council from 1966 to 1970 and was mayor pro tempore in 1966.<ref name=obit/>  

In 1970, he was handily elected as Lubbock’s youngest mayor in history. Only nineteen days in office, Lubbock was struck by a devastating tornado which struck the heart of the citya and left twenty-six person daead and thousands injured or homeless. Because of his management of tornado reconstruction, [[U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] appointed him to serve on the Peruvian Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group, in which capacity he traveled four times to [[Peru]] to help in the recovery from the 1970 earthquake there.<ref name=obit/>

In 1970, he was handily elected as Lubbock’s youngest mayor in history. Only nineteen days in office, Lubbock was struck by a devastating tornado which struck the heart of the citya and left twenty-six person daead and thousands injured or homeless. Because of his management of tornado reconstruction, President Nixon appointed him to serve on the Peruvian Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group, in which capacity he traveled four times to [[Peru]] to help in the recovery from their 1970 earthquake.<ref name=obit/>

Granberry said that he and a united city council mobilized to direct the rebuilding of the city. He said that he was was given more credit for the reconstruction than he deserved. He termed Mayor Pro Tempore [[Deaton Rigsby]] his "right-hand man" in the rebuilding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman, school trustee Rigsby dies|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> As mayor, he also worked triple time to care for his city, his family, and his dental practice.

Granberry said that he and a united city council mobilized to direct the rebuilding of the city. He said that he was was given more credit for the reconstruction than he deserved. He termed Mayor Pro Tempore [[Deaton Rigsby]] his "right-hand man" in the rebuilding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman, school trustee Rigsby dies|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> As mayor, he also worked triple time to care for his city, his family, and his dental practice.

Granberry did not seek reelection as mayor in 1972 and was succeeded by [[Morris "Moe" Turner]]. Earlier from 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the city council. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H)|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

Granberry did not seek reelection in 1972 and was succeeded by [[Morris "Moe" Turner]]. Earlier from 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the city council. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H)|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

Granberry was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee and a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], to re-nominate the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] ticket for a term that neither man would complete. He served on the Lubbock City Council from 1966 to 1970 and was mayor pro tempore in 1966.<ref name=obit/>  

===1974 gubernatorial race===

===1974 gubernatorial race===

In 1974, Granberry was the GOP nominee for [[governor]] of Texas but carried only 7 of the 254 counties and hence lost the [[general election]] by a wide margin to [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Dolph Briscoe], Jr., of Uvalde. Granberry was opposed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by [[Odell McBrayer]], the candidate of what later became known as the "Religious Right."  Granberry handily defeated McBrayer, an [[attorney]] and like Granberry a United States Air Force veteran,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25419623/odell-lavon-mcbrayer|title=Odell McBrayer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> Granberry polled 53,617 votes (77.6 percent) to McBrayer's 15,489 ballots (22.4 percent) in a low-turnout [[primary]] election.

In 1974, Granberry was the GOP nominee for [[governor]] of Texas but carried only 7 of the 254 counties and hence lost the [[general election]] by a wide margin to [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Dolph Briscoe], Jr., of Uvalde. Granberry was opposed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by [[Odell McBrayer]], the candidate of what later became known as the "Religious Right."  Granberry handily defeated McBrayer, an [[attorney]] and like Granberry a United States Air Force veteran,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25419623/odell-lavon-mcbrayer|title=Odell McBrayer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> Granberry polled 53,617 votes (77.6 percent) to McBrayer's 15,489 ballots (22.4 percent) in a low-turnout [[primary]] election.

Granberry was the choice of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], the nominal head of the Texas GOP at the time. He would carry his party's tattered banner in the year in which the national party was dragged down by the [[Watergate]] affair, which had forced the resignation of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]].

Granberry was the choice of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], the nominal head of the Texas GOP at the time. He would carry his party's tattered banner in the year in which the national party was dragged down by the [[Watergate]] affair, which had forced the resignation of President Nixon. Dolph Briscoe defeated Granberry in the strongly Democratic year. Briscoe polled 1,016,334 votes (61.4 percent), compared to Granberry's 514,725 (31.1 percent) and 93,295 for the [[Hispanic]] Raza Unida Party nominee, Ramsey Muñiz, who had also been the La Raza candidate in 1972 against Briscoe. Another approximately thirty thousand ballots were cast in the 1974 contest for other candidates. Briscoe, who had served the last two-year gubernatorial term in Texas, therefore became the first Texas governor to win a four-year term since the establishment of the Texas Constitution of 1876.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 1974.</ref> Briscoe polled 617,159 fewer votes against Granberry than he had with his initial election in 1972 against the [[conservative]] Republican [[Henry C. Grover]], a state senator from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], because of a much lower turnout in 1974.

 

Dolph Briscoe hence defeated Granberry in the strongly Democratic year. Briscoe polled 1,016,334 votes (61.4 percent), compared to Granberry's 514,725 (31.1 percent) and 93,295 for the [[Hispanic]] Raza Unida Party nominee, Ramsey Muñiz, who had also been the La Raza candidate in 1972 against Briscoe. Another approximately thirty thousand ballots were cast in the 1974 contest for other candidates. Briscoe, who had served the last two-year gubernatorial term in Texas, therefore became the first Texas governor to win a four-year term since the establishment of the Texas Constitution of 1876.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 1974.</ref> Briscoe polled 617,159 fewer votes against Granberry than he had with his initial election in 1972 against the [[conservative]] Republican [[Henry C. Grover]], a state senator from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], because of a much lower turnout in 1974.

[[Image:Jim Granberry of TX.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Granberry in his later years]]

[[Image:Jim Granberry of TX.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Granberry in his later years]]