Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is spending the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

Rep. Rhetta Bowers, D-Rowlett, stands near a press gaggle outside of the Texas House on Aug. 18, 2025. Texas Democrats left ...

Collier is among the Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to block mid-decade congressional redistricting. She and at least ...

Democrats in the Texas Legislature who had left the state to halt an aggressive redistricting returned to Texas and ended their two-week walkout Monday, opening the way for Republicans to pass a ...