Gov. Greg Abbott named Mike Swanson as judge of the 143rd Judicial District Court, which covers Loving, Reeves, and Ward counties. He named Sara Kate Billingsley of Odessa to the 446th Judicial District Court in Ector County. He also appointed a pair of judges to courts in Collin County — and Piper McCraw of McKinney to the 469th Judicial District Court and Emily Miskel of Dallas to the 470th Judicial District Court.