Incumbent Miller County Judge Roy John McNatt maintained his seat Tuesday following a heated campaign against his challenger, Jerry Sewell.

McNatt received 3,609 votes or 56 percent. Sewell netted 2,769 votes or 43 percent.

McNatt, a dairy farmer, has served two terms as Miller County judge. Sewell is a retired businessman and owned the Grim Street Grocery and Pier 27. He also worked as a supervisor in a Houston steel mill and worked as a machinist at Day & Zimmermann and Red River Army Depot.

Sewell served as a Miller County District 10 justice of the peac...