{{short description|Texas businesswoman and politician}} {{about|the politician|the director|Angie Chen (director)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Angie Chen Button | native_name = {{no bold|陳筱玲}} | 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 = | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|9}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | occupation = Businesswoman | education = {{ubl|National Taiwan University (BS)|University of Texas at Dallas (MS)}} | blank1 = Website{{0|000000}} | data1 = {{url|https://www.angiebutton.com/|Campaign website}} }}
'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Button was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to ''waishengren'' parents who fled mainland China during the Great Retreat. The family of 7 lived in a 300-square foot, one-room hut without a bathroom or a kitchen.<ref name=ttribune>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Diamante 2021">{{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}}</ref> She proceeded to work as an accountant and marketing director.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Political career== [[File:07.07 總統接見「德州州長艾伯特經貿訪問團」.jpg|thumb|left|Texas delegation meets with Lai Ching-te in 2024.]] Following incumbent Frank Hill's retirement in 2008, then-State Senator Florence Shapiro called Button and suggested she run for the seat.<ref name="Diamante 2021" />
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2024, Button joined a Texas economic delegation led by Greg Abbott meeting President Lai Ching-te.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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