In 2006, he ran for the governorship of Tabasco, defeating Coalition for the Good of All candidate César Raúl Ojeda, a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).

The Electoral Tribunal annulled the results of seven polling stations on December 27, 2006, but ratified the triumph of Granier, and declared that the Coalition for Good of All failed to show that there were any irregularities.

[citation needed] On June 14, 2013, Granier was arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

[2] On June 26, 2013, he was taken to jail in Mexico City for tax fraud and money laundering for more than 1.9 million Mexican pesos.

[3] On May 8, 2019, the former governor received a sentence of absolute freedom by a judge, after five years in prison and several months of house arrest.