Texas Rep. Kay Granger gets COVID test result back
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, who has been self-quarantining since finding out she sat next to a colleague who tested positive for coronavirus, has tested negative for COVID-19.
“She is following the guidance of her physician and remains symptom free,” her spokeswoman, Michelle Koepp, said in a statement Friday afternoon.
This comes after Granger, R-Fort Worth, sat next to U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, on an airplane flight leaving Texas on Sunday night.
Gohmert, who often was seen walking around the U.S. Capitol without a mask, learned he tested positive for the novel virus on Wednesday. Gohmert, 66, had been scheduled to fly to West Texas Wednesday with President Donald Trump but he tested positive for coronavirus when he was being screened at the White House.
He was not allowed to go on the trip.
Wednesday was the first day of quarantine for Granger, 77, who has served in the Texas House since 1997 and is seeking re-election in November. She is in Washington, D.C.
Granger represents the 12th Congressional District, which includes the western part of Tarrant County, all of Parker County and the eastern part of Wise County.
She has been in quarantine in Washington, D.C.
