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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 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 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/>
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 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===