Frisco voters on Saturday defeated a measure to extend last call in city restaurants and bars, a decision that could bring an end to a months-long battle over alcohol sales.

The ballot item, which would have allowed establishments to sell alcohol until 2 a.m. every night, topped a crowded ballot in fast-growing Frisco, which recently added its 100,000th resident.

In other cities, voters mostly had to decide whether to fill various city council seats with newcomers or established incumbents.

Frisco's alcohol proposal, known commonly as the late-night initiative, had drawn a large share of supporters and opponents.

The council voted 4-3 last October to allow the sales. But opponents filed petitions containing more than 800 signatures, forcing the issue onto the ballot.

Kip Bledsoe, who led the opposition effort, was exuberant with the outcome.

"I've got goose bumps all over," he said Saturday night. "I'm pretty excited."

In the mayor's race, former council member Maher Maso easily defeated Matt Lafata, a council member whose term ends this month.

In recent weeks, Mr. Lafata had faced an ethics complaint filed against him by a former council member. The city council declined to pursue the complaint. Mr. Lafata also had a large financial disadvantage compared with Mr. Maso, who far outpaced him in campaign funds.

In Place 5, Bart Crowder and Tim Nelson are headed to a June 14 runoff. In Place 6, Scott Johnson won handily over three other candidates.

Plano voters chose two new members and two incumbents for City Council following a campaign driven in large part by contributions from developers and others in real estate.

In the most closely watched race, challenger Mabrie Jackson unseated one-term incumbent Loretta Ellerbe in Place 3. Ms. Jackson, a sales manager for Microsoft, used her extended family's community ties to help drum up support against Ms. Ellerbe.

In Place 1, Pat Miner, an audio/video producer, defeated Justin Nichols, coordinator for Collin County's teen court program. Mr. Miner, who formerly headed the Plano Homeowners' Council, has pledged to boost city code enforcement and spur redevelopment in older parts of Plano.

In Place 5, incumbent Harry LaRosiliere beat sales executive Russel Head to win his second term. In Place 7, incumbent Jean Callison easily won a third term over Republican activist Danny Morris.

The city has recorded sparse municipal voter turnout since 1995. This year was no different, even though every open council seat was contested for the first time in decades.

In McKinney, three council seats were open, but only one at-large seat was a contested race. Council veteran Pete Huff, who left his District 2 seat to run for an at-large seat, will be in a runoff against Sherry Tucker David. Candidate Marta Gore finished third.

In Allen, longtime Mayor Steve Terrell narrowly defeated former council member Mark Pacheco. Mr. Terrell said he had earned another term, pointing to the city's growth and development. Mr. Pacheco had said he was better qualified to attract new companies and manage a large town.

In City Council Place 2, incumbent Ross Obermeyer easily won over Robert Oake and Tearod Robertson. Mr. Robertson withdrew as a candidate, but his name still appeared on the ballot.

In Place 3, former council member Richard Buchanan and previous candidate Joey Herald finished with almost identical vote totals and will meet in a runoff. They easily outdistanced retired police officer Ben Ferguson.

In Place 3, Joey Herald held a razor-thin lead over former council member Richard Buchanan. A third candidate, retired police officer Ben Ferguson, was a distant third.

In Murphy, Mayor Bret Baldwin easily defeated former city manager Craig Sherwood. Mr. Sherwood resigned last year in the wake of a botched sex-predator sting involving Dateline NBC in 2006, in which a former Kaufman County district attorney caught in the sting committed suicide.

For the second election in a row, voters in Princeton rejected a proposal to establish a charter and give the city greater self-governing powers. The vote was the latest in a long-running battle between residents who see home rule as a way to grow the tax base and others seeking to resist the area's brisk growth.

Staff writers Jim Getz, Ed Housewright, Ian McCann and Theodore Kim contributed to this report.