President Donald Trump nominated Texans from two well-connected political families as top law enforcement officers in the state in Ryan Patrick for U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas and Joseph D. Brown for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.

Patrick, a former Harris County prosecutor who served a judge of the 177th District Court in Houston from 2012 to 2016, is the son of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Brown, who has served as Grayson County District Attorney since 2000, is the son of late state District Judge David Brown of Sherman and the nephew of the late U.S. District Judge Paul Brown of Sherman.