Nicole Collier

{{Short description|Texas state legislator (born 1972)}}

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| image = Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier 2021 (cropped).jpg

| name = Nicole Denise Johnson Collier

| state_house = Texas

| district = 95th

| term_start = January 8, 2013

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| predecessor = Marc Veasey

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|9|12}}

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| party = Democratic

| alma_mater = University of Houston
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

| occupation = Attorney

| spouse = Gary Collier

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| residence = Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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| website = {{URL|http://votenicolecollier.com}}

| caption = Collier in 2021

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Nicole Denise Johnson Collier (born September 12, 1972) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. Since 2013, she has represented District 95 in Fort Worth, Texas. Collier succeeded Marc Veasey.{{cite news|last=Montgomery|first=Dave|title=Cruz takes Senate spot, Veasey to represent District 33|url=http://fwbusinesspress55.1upprelaunch.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=38&ArticleID=19709|access-date=22 November 2013|newspaper=Fort Worth Business Press|date=31 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131122093348/http://fwbusinesspress55.1upprelaunch.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=38&ArticleID=19709|archive-date=22 November 2013}}

A small business owner and trial lawyer, Collier is a 1996 graduate of the University of Houston. She became a single mother in high school. She graduated from the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, now Texas A&M University School of Law. Her husband is Gary Collier.

In the general election on November 4, 2014, Collier won her second term in the Texas House by defeating Republican candidate, Albert G. McDaniel, by a margin of 21,908 votes (75.8 percent) to 7,002 votes (24.2 percent).{{cite web|url=https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist175_state.htm|title=General election returns|date=November 4, 2014|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|access-date=November 21, 2018}}

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 Libertarian Party choice, Joshua G. Burns, who drew 734 (1.7 percent).{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=8370&id=374|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|access-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108030039/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=8370&id=374|archive-date=November 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}