# Angie Chen Button
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{{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](/source/Texas's_112th_House_of_Representatives_district)
| term_start = January 13, 2009
| term_end =
| preceded = Fred Hill
| succeeded =
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|9}}
| birth_place = [Taipei](/source/Taipei), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
| occupation = [Business](/source/Business)woman
| education = {{ubl|[National Taiwan University](/source/National_Taiwan_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))|[University of Texas at Dallas](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Dallas) ([MS](/source/Master_of_Science))}}
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| 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](/source/certified_public_accountant), and former marketing manager. She is a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Texas House of Representatives](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives), representing the [112th district](/source/Texas's_112th_House_of_Representatives_district) in [Dallas County](/source/Dallas_County%2C_Texas) 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](/source/Taipei), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), to [''waishengren''](/source/Waishengren) parents who fled mainland China during the [Great Retreat](/source/Retreat_of_the_government_of_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan). 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](/source/The_Texas_Tribune)|access-date=March 21, 2014}}] She graduated from [National Taiwan University](/source/National_Taiwan_University) and immigrated to the [United States](/source/United_States) to attend graduate school at the [University of Texas at Dallas](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)}}]
==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](/source/Lai_Ching-te) in 2024.]]
Following incumbent Frank Hill's retirement in 2008, then-[State Senator](/source/Texas_Senate) [Florence Shapiro](/source/Florence_Shapiro) called Button and suggested she run for the seat.[{{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](/source/Texas_Monthly)|date=July 15, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2024}}]
Despite her district voting for [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden) by nine points in [2020](/source/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas), Button has garnered significant [split-ticket voting](/source/split-ticket_voting) and is one of two remaining Republicans in the House of Representatives from [Dallas County](/source/Dallas_County%2C_Texas).[{{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](/source/Texas_Tribune)}}]
In 2024, Button joined a Texas economic delegation led by [Greg Abbott](/source/Greg_Abbott) meeting [President](/source/President_of_the_Republic_of_China) [Lai Ching-te](/source/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](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)}}]
==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of the [Texas House of Representatives](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives)
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Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Politicians from Taipei
Category:People from Richardson, Texas
Category:People from Garland, Texas
Category:Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Texas
Category:American politicians of Taiwanese descent
Category:American women of Taiwanese descent in politics
Category:Asian-American state legislators in Texas
Category:American accountants
Category:American women accountants
Category:Businesspeople from Texas
Category:University of Texas at Dallas alumni
Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Asian conservatism in the United States
Category:21st-century members of the Texas Legislature
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