Texas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 14.^[1]

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2020 Texas elections

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In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters elected the Class II U.S. senator from Texas, 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 4 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 21 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.

To vote by mail, registered Texas voters had to request a ballot by October 23, 2020.^[2] After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to expand eligibility for requesting postal ballots,^[3] postal ballots were available only to voters over 65, those sick or disabled, those who were out of their county on election day and those who were in jail (and otherwise eligible to vote), as defined by Texas law.^[4]

8 of 15 seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election. Before the election the composition of that board was:

Each of the state's two courts of last resort have 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents.^[13]

All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 16 of 31 seats of the Texas State Senate were up for election.

• Postal voting in the United States, 2020^[16]
• Bilingual elections requirement for Texas (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)^[17]

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