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A Democratic state lawmaker spent the night on the Texas House floor, refusing a Republican-imposed police escort to prevent her and her Democratic colleagues from leaving the state again as the GOP looks to redraw congressional districts .

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier stayed on the House floor in the Texas Capitol on Monday night and Tuesday. The House is not set to convene again until Wednesday, when a vote on the maps is scheduled.

Collier, who represents a minority-majority district in Fort Worth, said she "refuses to sign away her dignity," calling herself a political prisoner, FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported.

Democratic lawmakers at the state Capitol said Texas Department of Public Safety officers follow

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