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The following is a list of events of the year '''2020 in Texas'''.
== Incumbents == ===State government=== *Governor: Greg Abbott (R) *Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick (R) *Attorney General: Ken Paxton (R) *Comptroller: Glenn Hegar (R) *Land Commissioner: George P. Bush (R) *Agriculture Commissioner: Sid Miller (R) *Railroad Commissioners: Christi Craddick (R), Wayne Christian (R), and Ryan Sitton (R)
===City governments=== *Mayor of Houston: Sylvester Turner (D) *Mayor of San Antonio: Ron Nirenberg (I) *Mayor of Dallas: Eric Johnson (R) *Mayor of Austin: Steve Adler (D) *Mayor of Fort Worth: Betsy Price (R) (until 15 July), Mattie Parker (R) (starting 15 July) *Mayor of El Paso: Dee Margo (R) *Mayor of Arlington: Jim Ross (N/A) *Mayor of Corpus Christi: Joe McComb *Mayor of Plano: Harry LaRosiliere (R) *Mayor of Lubbock: Daniel Manning Pope (R)
==Elections== {{main|2020 Texas elections}}
==Events== * January 16 – Killer nurse Genene Jones is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a baby boy in San Antonio in 1981. The new conviction came as a result of attempts to prevent Jones from leaving prison.<ref name="refcnn1">{{cite news |last1=Andone |first1=Dakin |title=A former nurse suspected of killing dozens of children has been sentenced to life in prison |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/17/us/texas-nurse-sentenced-trnd/index.html |access-date=28 December 2025 |work=CNN |date=17 January 2020}}</ref> * January 17 – Winter Storm Jacob: Widespread snowfall and freezing rain across the Midwest leads to travel disruption, with rare snowfall being recorded on the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delta plane slides off taxiway at Kansas City International Airport |url=https://abc7ny.com/delta-plane-slides-off-runway-kansas-city-kc/5858193/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref> * January 24 – 2020 Houston explosion: Two people are killed and 18 injured in a warehouse explosion in Houston.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-25 |title=Two Dead in Explosion at Houston Plant - The New York Times |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/us/houston-explosion.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125065645/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/us/houston-explosion.html |archive-date=2020-01-25 }}</ref> * February 3 – A shooting at a dormitory at Texas A&M University–Commerce, leaves two dead and one wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-04 |title=2 dead, child injured in shooting incident at Texas A&M-Commerce residence hall |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-dead-shooting-incident-texas-m-commerce-residence-hall-n1129021 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> * February 5 – Winter Storm Kade brings heavy snowfall to much of the United States, with 14 inches of snow recorded as far south as Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winter Storm Bringing Snow Across the Northeast and Flurries in the Midwest |url=https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2020-02-02-winter-storm-west-rockies-plains-midwest-northeast-early-february |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=The Weather Channel |language=en-US}}</ref> * April 26 – A survivor of the terrorist mass shooting that occurred at El Paso in August 2019 dies after nine months of hospitalization, raising the death toll to 23.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-27 |title=Walmart mass shooting cases inch closer to trial despite COVID-19 |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2020/05/18/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-cases-inch-closer-trial-despite-covid-19/5192968002/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627100141/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2020/05/18/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-cases-inch-closer-trial-despite-covid-19/5192968002/ |archive-date=2020-06-27 }}</ref> * May 21 – Naval Air Station Corpus Christi attack: A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, injuring a security guard, before being shot and killed. FBI officials determine the incident to be terrorism-related and say a second person of interest may be at large. The shooter is later identified as a Syria-born man who expressed support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Dakin Andone,Barbara Starr,Hollie Silverman,Josh |date=2020-05-21 |title=Texas Naval base shooter believed to have expressed support for terrorist groups online |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/us/naval-air-station-corpus-christi-lockdown/index.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> * May 29 – ** In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-28 |title=George Floyd rally: 137 arrests, 8 officers injured during Houston protest, HPD says |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/black-lives-matter-plans-friday-rally-for-justice-for-george/285-561ef235-8aa9-48ac-8755-0bc4fec0b768 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=khou.com |language=en-US}}</ref> ** A SpaceX Starship prototype (SN4) is destroyed in a large explosion during static fire testing at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=2020-05-29 |title=SpaceX prototype Starship rocket explodes after test in Texas |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/spacex-prototype-starship-rocket-explodes-after-test-in-texas.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> * June 3 – Texas State University President Denise Trauth announces on social media that a 20-year-old African-American student protestor, Justin Howell, had been critically injured by a bean bag round fired by Austin police on Sunday. Police maintain that Howell was not the intended target.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Choi |first=Hojun |title=Man injured by Austin police in protests is Texas State student, university says |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2020/06/04/man-injured-by-austin-police-in-protests-is-texas-state-student-university-says/42411725/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref> * September 4 – Five people die in Texas during Hurricane Laura.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-05 |title=2 more in Louisiana die from heat-related illness after Hurricane Laura |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-more-louisiana-die-heat-related-illness-after-hurricane-laura-n1239390 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> * September 17 – Texas governor Greg Abbott eases COVID-19 restrictions on retail stores, gyms, and restaurants. Bars, however, remain closed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Higgins-Dunn |first=Noah |date=2020-09-17 |title=Texas pushes forward with business reopenings as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations slide, Gov. Abbott says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/17/texas-pushes-forward-with-business-reopenings-as-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-slide-gov-abbott-says.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> * October 10 – Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi due to Hurricane Delta.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Baldwin |first1=Sarah Lynch |last2=Albert |first2=Victoria |last3=Freiman |first3=Jordan |last4=Bey |first4=Justin |last5=Jones |first5=Zoe Christen |date=2020-10-11 |title=Hurricane Delta leaves hundreds of thousands without power |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/hurricane-delta-power-outages/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> *
==See also== *2020 in the United States *COVID-19 pandemic in Texas
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