Early voting starts Monday for Frisco mayor runoff between Hill, Vilhauer
A runoff with only one race on the ballot could decide Frisco’s next mayor, as early voting runs June 1-9 and election day is June 13.
Frisco voters are about to decide the city’s next mayor in a runoff that could be settled by a relatively small slice of the electorate. Only one race is on the June 13 ballot, and the winner will replace term-limited Mayor Jeff Cheney, who first won in 2017.
Early voting for the special runoff runs through June 9. Frisco residents in Collin County may vote at any polling location during early voting and on election day. Voters in Denton County may also use any polling place during early voting, but must go to their designated polling location on June 13.
The runoff is between Mark Hill and Rod Vilhauer, the top two vote-getters in the May 2 general election. Hill led with 8,705 votes, or 34.64%, while Vilhauer followed with 7,895 votes, or 31.42%, according to unofficial final results. No candidate cleared the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff, which sent the race to a head-to-head finish after the Frisco City Council canvassed the election on May 12 and formally called the runoff.
The stakes reach beyond city hall procedure. The Frisco mayor presides over City Council meetings and votes only to break ties, but the office still carries outsized influence in a city wrestling with growth, traffic, infrastructure, public safety and taxes. Hill has cast himself as the candidate of new, positive leadership and disciplined management of growth. Vilhauer has said he is running to preserve Frisco’s foundation while addressing taxes, traffic, infrastructure, public safety and unity.
The special runoff also arrives after a broader May election cycle in which Frisco voters chose council and school board members. That leaves the mayor’s contest as the city’s only June 13 ballot item, putting added weight on turnout and on the voters who show up before the long June stretch of summer schedules begins to pull attention elsewhere. In Collin County, 18,321 early ballots were cast in the May election, equal to 4.56% of registered voters, while Denton County recorded 37,566 early ballots, or 6.49%. In a city growing as fast as Frisco, a runoff with so few choices can still decide who sets the tone for the next chapter.
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