Frisco voters elect unity mayor amid months of anti-Indian, anti-Muslim hostility

Rod Vilhauer targeted Muslims most directly, calling Islam a “terrorist ideology” during a podcast earlier this year.

Mark Hill (left) and Rod Vilhauer (right). Image via Mark Hill for Frisco Mayor, WFAA | YouTube

Voters in Frisco, Texas, have elected a unity candidate for mayor, rejecting a rival whose campaign centered on anti-Muslim rhetoric that had gripped the fast-growing Dallas suburb for months.

State of play

Mark Hill, a conservative lawyer and former school boar…