Angie Chen Button

Angie Chen Button
Angie Chen Button
陳筱玲
	Button in 2019
Member of the Texas House of Representatives; from the 112th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 13, 2009
Preceded by	Fred Hill
Personal details
Born	February 9, 1954 (age 71); Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Political party	Republican
Education	National Taiwan University (BS); University of Texas at Dallas (MS)
Occupation	Businesswoman

Angie Chen Button (Chinese: 陳筱玲; pinyin: 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] She proceeded to work as an accountant and marketing director.^[4]

Political career

Following incumbent Frank Hill's retirement in 2008, then-State Senator Florence Shapiro called Button and suggested she run for the seat.^[3]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

In 2024, Button joined a Texas economic delegation led by Greg Abbott meeting President Lai Ching-te.^[7]