Angie Chen Button

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Angie Chen Button

| image = Angie Chen Button, 2019 (DIG14450-016) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Button in 2019

| state_house = Texas

| district = 112th

| term_start = January 13, 2009

| term_end =

| preceded = Fred Hill

| succeeded =

| constituency =

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|9}}

| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China

| occupation = Businesswoman

| education = National Taiwan University (BS)
University of Texas at Dallas (MS)

| native_name = {{no bold|陳筱玲}}

}}

Angie Chen Button ({{zh|t=陳筱玲|p=Chén Xiǎolíng}}; born February 9, 1954) is a Taiwanese-born American politician, certified public accountant, and former marketing manager. She is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 112th district in Dallas County since 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5666&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Button~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Angie Chen Button|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|access-date=March 21, 2014}}

Early life and education

Button was born in Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China, to parents who fled Mainland China amidst the Great Retreat. The family of 7 lived in a 300-square foot, one-room hut without a bathroom or a kitchen.{{cite news|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/angie-chen-button/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Angie Chen Button District 112 (R-Richardson)|work=The Texas Tribune|access-date=March 21, 2014}} She graduated from National Taiwan University and immigrated to the United States to attend graduate school at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she met her husband Darcy Button.{{cite web|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/04/02/power-players--rep--angie-chen-button-|title=Power Players: Rep. Angie Chen Button|date=April 4, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2024|last=Diamante|first=Reena|website=Spectrum News}} She proceeded to work as an accountant and marketing director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/07/30/dallas-gops-candidates-for-the-texas-house-are-as-diverse-as-the-county-will-that-matter-in-2020/|title=Dallas GOP’s candidates for the Texas House are as diverse as the county. Will that matter in 2020?|last=Barragán|first=James|date=July 30, 2020|access-date=March 10, 2024|website=The Dallas Morning News}}

Political career

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Following incumbent Frank Hill's retirement in 2008, then-State Senator Florence Shapiro called Button and suggested she run for the seat.

Button is currently the chair of the House Committee on International Relations and Economic Development and serves as a member of the Ways and Means Committee. In its annual review, Texas Monthly named Button one of the state's best legislators in 2021 for her work in allocating child-care program funding.{{Cite web|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/2021-the-best-and-worst-legislators/#button|title=2021: The Best and Worst Legislators|last=Hooks|first=Christopher|website=Texas Monthly|date=July 15, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2024}}

Despite her district voting for Joe Biden by nine points in 2020, Button has garnered significant split-ticket voting and is one of two remaining Republicans in the House of Representatives from Dallas County.{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/16/split-ticket-voting-texas-republicans/|title=How split-ticket voting might have saved two Republican Texas lawmakers in a blue county|last=Samuels|first=Alex|date=November 16, 2020|access-date=March 10, 2024|website=Texas Tribune}}

In 2024, Button joined a Texas economic delegation led by Greg Abbott meeting President Lai Ching-te.{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/07/07/gov-greg-abbott-begins-east-asia-trip-by-opening-texas-taiwan-office-in-taipei/|title=Gov. Greg Abbott begins East Asia trip by opening Texas-Taiwan office in Taipei|last=Jeffers Jr.|first=Gromer|date=July 7, 2024|access-date=October 4, 2024|website=The Dallas Morning News}}