2020 in Texas

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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 article: 2020 Texas elections

Events

• 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. ^[1]
• January 24 – 2020 Houston explosion: Two people are killed and 18 injured in a warehouse explosion in Houston. ^[2]
• February 3 – A shooting at a dormitory at Texas A&M University–Commerce, leaves two dead and one wounded. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
• 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. ^[5]
• 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. ^[6]
• May 29 –
  • In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot. ^[7]
  • A SpaceX Starship prototype (SN4) is destroyed in a large explosion during static fire testing at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site. ^[8]

• 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. ^[9]
• September 4 – Five people die in Texas during Hurricane Laura. ^[10]
• September 17 – Texas governor Greg Abbott eases COVID-19 restrictions on retail stores, gyms, and restaurants. Bars, however, remain closed. ^[11]
• October 10 – Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi due to Hurricane Delta. ^[12]

See also

• 2020 in the United States
• COVID-19 pandemic in Texas

References

1. "Delta plane slides off taxiway at Kansas City International Airport". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
2. "Two Dead in Explosion at Houston Plant - The New York Times". The New York Times . 2020-01-25. Archived from the original on 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
3. "2 dead, child injured in shooting incident at Texas A&M-Commerce residence hall". NBC News. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
4. "Winter Storm Bringing Snow Across the Northeast and Flurries in the Midwest". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
5. "Walmart mass shooting cases inch closer to trial despite COVID-19". 2020-06-27. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
6. Campbell, Dakin Andone,Barbara Starr,Hollie Silverman,Josh (2020-05-21). "Texas Naval base shooter believed to have expressed support for terrorist groups online". CNN. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
7. "George Floyd rally: 137 arrests, 8 officers injured during Houston protest, HPD says". khou.com. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
8. Sheetz, Michael (2020-05-29). "SpaceX prototype Starship rocket explodes after test in Texas". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
9. Choi, Hojun. "Man injured by Austin police in protests is Texas State student, university says". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
10. "2 more in Louisiana die from heat-related illness after Hurricane Laura". NBC News. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
11. Higgins-Dunn, Noah (2020-09-17). "Texas pushes forward with business reopenings as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations slide, Gov. Abbott says". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
12. Baldwin, Sarah Lynch; Albert, Victoria; Freiman, Jordan; Bey, Justin; Jones, Zoe Christen (2020-10-11). "Hurricane Delta leaves hundreds of thousands without power". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.