The mayor and three of the city’s seven city council seats were up for election.
MCKINNEY, Texas — Voters in fast-growing McKinney in Collin County decided on the city’s next mayor and three of the city’s seven new city council members Saturday.
Four candidates sought to succeed McKiney Mayor George Fuller, who was first elected as the city’s mayor in 2017, then re-elected in 2021. Eye surgeon Matt Rostami, attorney Taylor Willingham, former city council member Bill Cox, who works in commercial real estate, and church pastor and former state representative Scott Sanford sought the mayor seat.
Unofficial results showed Cox with a slight lead with 47%, but below the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff. Sanford received 41% in early vote results.
Five candidates sought the at-large city council seat (chosen by voters across the whole city rather than from designated districts), replacing incumbent Charlie Philips, who is term-limited. Art educator Brian Magnuson, nonprofit founder Derrick Tarver, Ernest Lynch, former CEO of Medical City McKinney, psychiatrist Dr. Taha Ansari, and business owner Jim Garrison vied for the seat.
Unofficial results showed Lynch leading there with 29% of the vote, followed by Garrison with 20%.
For the McKinney City Council Place 3 seat, incumbent and current McKinney Mayor Pro Tem Gere Feltus, who works as a physician and was elected to the seat in 2021, faced a challenge from Tammy Warren, who works as an executive assistant at Emerson and served on McKinney’s 2024 bond and charter review committees.
Unofficial results showed Feltus leading Warren with 54% of the vote.
Incumbent Justin Beller, a banker, ran unopposed in McKinney City Council District 1.
Among the issues the new city council in McKinney will oversee is the proposed expansion of the McKinney airport. Our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal report the McKinney National Airport is set to break ground on a new terminal this spring.
Here’s how voters decided on McKinney City Council races.
