Nicole Denise Johnson Collier (born September 12, 1972) is a Democratic member of the

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. Since 2013, she has represented District 95 in

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. Collier succeeded

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. A small business owner and trial

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, Collier is a 1996 graduate of the

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. She became a single mother in high school. She graduated from the

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in Fort Worth, now

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. Her husband is Gary Collier. In the

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on November 4, 2014, Collier won her second term in the Texas House by defeating

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candidate, Albert G. McDaniel, by a margin of 21,908 votes (75.8 percent) to 7,002 votes (24.2 percent). Collier won her fourth legislative term in the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 32,953 votes (76.5 percent), Collier defeated the Republican candidate, Stephen A. West, who polled 9,384 votes (21.8 percent), and the

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choice, Joshua G. Burns, who drew 734 (1.7 percent).

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