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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)

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

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

References

"Delta plane slides off taxiway at Kansas City International Airport". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"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.
"2 dead, child injured in shooting incident at Texas A&M-Commerce residence hall". NBC News. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Winter Storm Bringing Snow Across the Northeast and Flurries in the Midwest". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"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.
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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"George Floyd rally: 137 arrests, 8 officers injured during Houston protest, HPD says". khou.com. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Sheetz, Michael (2020-05-29). "SpaceX prototype Starship rocket explodes after test in Texas". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Choi, Hojun. "Man injured by Austin police in protests is Texas State student, university says". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"2 more in Louisiana die from heat-related illness after Hurricane Laura". NBC News. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
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.
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.

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