Rummel wins reelection, Colberg captures Frisco City Council seats
Frisco kept Laura Rummel in Place 5 and elected Brittany Colberg to an open Place 6 seat as city leaders prepare to certify the vote and a June mayoral runoff.
Frisco voters chose continuity in one council seat and a fresh face in another, keeping Laura Rummel in Place 5 and sending Brittany Colberg to Place 6 as the city braces for another year of rapid growth, traffic pressure and budget fights.
Rummel won reelection with 14,762 votes, or 66%, ahead of Vijay Karthik with 5,412 and Sreekanth Reddy with 2,253. Colberg took the open Place 6 seat with 12,754 votes, or 57%, over Matt Chalmers, Sai Krishnarajanagar and Jerry Spencer. The city said the Frisco City Council will canvass both races at a special called meeting on May 12 at 4 p.m., while a mayoral runoff is set for Saturday, June 13.
For residents, the bigger story is what the results mean for how Frisco handles its next round of decisions. The city’s population estimate reached 235,208 as of July 1, 2024, up 17.3% from the 2020 census base, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments said Frisco added 6,696 residents in 2023, one of the region’s largest gains. That kind of growth keeps land use, transportation planning, drainage, parks and public safety near the top of every council agenda.
Rummel’s return signals continuity in Place 5. Her city bio says she was first elected in a 2022 special election and reelected in 2023, and her stated priorities include smart growth, low property taxes and animal-related services. Those are familiar Frisco issues, where homeowners want city services to keep pace without pushing taxes higher and where new development often brings debates over roads, density and neighborhood character.
Colberg’s victory in Place 6 fills an open seat that had been held by Brian Livingston, who was first elected in 2017 and whose term expired in 2026. Because the mayor and six council members are elected at large in Frisco, the result affects the citywide direction of the council, not just one part of town. That matters in a city split between Collin and Denton counties and managed through both county election offices.
Turnout remained relatively light for a city of Frisco’s size, a familiar pattern in municipal elections where a comparatively small share of voters can decide who steers the budget, zoning approvals and public safety priorities. Early voting ran April 20-28, and the voter registration deadline was April 2. The ballot also included the mayor’s race, which will now go to a June 13 runoff, keeping Frisco’s political focus on growth, infrastructure and the cost of building a city that keeps expanding.
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