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