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Rep. Nicole Collier camps out in House chamber in Democrats' last stand against GOP redistricting
Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier sleeps on House floor after refusing DPS escort
A state lawmaker from North Texas slept on the Texas House floor on Monday night after refusing a Republican-mandated state trooper escort. State Rep. Nicole Collier said she “refuses to sign away her dignity" and is calling herself a political prisoner.
She returned to the Austin building for the first time in about two weeks on Monday with other Democrats who left the Capitol ...
Fort Worth Democrat Nicole Collier refused to sign the permission slip Monday that allow her to leave only if she is shadowed ...
Nicole Collier was a lone holdout who refused to accept the Republican condition that they could leave the chamber only if ...
Collier is among the Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to block mid-decade congressional redistricting. She and at least ...
Fort Worth, has been an outspoken critic of the redistricting maps, which she argues dilute minority voting power.
This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state representative Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be ...
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