2025 in Texas

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 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: Dawn Buckingham (R)
• Agriculture Commissioner: Sid Miller (R)
• Railroad Commissioners: Christi Craddick (R), Wayne Christian (R), and Jim Wright (R)

City governments

• Mayor of Houston: John Whitmire (D)
• Mayor of San Antonio: Ron Nirenberg (I)
• Mayor of Dallas: Eric Johnson (R)
• Mayor of Austin: Kirk Watson (D)
• Mayor of Fort Worth: Mattie Parker (R)
• Mayor of El Paso: Oscar Leeser (D) (until January 6), Renard Johnson (since January 6)
• Mayor of Lubbock: Mark McBrayer (R) ^[1]

Events

January

• January 16 – SpaceX launches its seventh test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, with an improved second stage out of its Starbase launch site in Boca Chica. The company catches the first stage but the second stage breaks up shortly before engine shutdown. ^[2]

February

• February 24 – The Department of State Health Services in Texas places several major cities in the state on high alert due to a measles outbreak that spreads to 99 people in Texas and New Mexico, the third-largest outbreak since it was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. ^[3]
• February 25 – The Texas Department of State Health Services reports the first death in the ongoing measles outbreak, the casualty is a child in that died in a hospital in Lubbock. ^[4]
• February 27 – Two people are killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashes on a private property in Uvalde. ^[5]

March

• March 4 – Strong storms and tornados cause damage across North Texas, with thousands losing power in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. ^[6]

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. "Live Results: Texas State Senate Special, Lubbock Mayor". 270toWin . May 4, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
2. Sheetz, Michael (January 16, 2025). "SpaceX's Starship rocket breaks up after launch, flights divert after FAA debris warning". CNBC . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
3. "Measles alerts issued in San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos as Texas outbreak spreads". TPR. February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
4. "Texas announces first death in measles outbreak | Texas DSHS". www.dshs.texas.gov. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
5. "Latest details in deadly helicopter crash in Kinney County". kens5.com. February 27, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
6. Andrews, Evan (March 4, 2025). "Dallas weather: Damage across North Texas, tornado touches down in Irving". FOX 4. Retrieved March 5, 2025.