FRISCO, TX – In an emotional victory, Burt Thakur secured the Place 2 seat on the Frisco City Council in a runoff election on June 7, defeating incumbent Tammy Meinershagen. Thakur’s win is a landmark ...

Burt Thakur, a 42-year-old engineer, a military veteran,ad a game show winner has made political history by becoming the ...

Thakur is also the first Indian American to get elected to public office in Frisco, a community that makes up 15% of the city's population.

Burt Thakur unseated incumbent Tammy Meinershagen during the June 7 runoff election to claim Frisco City Council’s Place 2 ...

Frisco City Council runoff election results. Tammy Meinershagen and Burt Thakur are vying for Place 2 on the council. Jared ...

Meinershagen faced controversy after local blog The Frisco Chronicles shared audio recordings of her on YouTube where she ...

Burt Thakur, running for Place 2, and Jared Elad, running for Place 4, took early leads in their respective races, according ...

Final unofficial results from across Collin and Denton counties, shows Burt Thakur has unseated incumbent Tammy Meinershagen ...

Collin County has local election runoffs, and many are fraught with controversy — including the race for McKinney mayor and ...

Frisco resident Vinee Patel says she was inspired by Tammy Meinershagen the first time she heard the City Council member at an event last summer. She saw a role model in a fellow woman of color. That ...

Mrunal Thakur is seen holding a bouquet of delicate flowers, dressed in a chic black backless dress. Her gold accessories, including a bracelet and earrings, are wow. Surrounded by blooming pink ...