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Angie Chen Button (born February 9, 1954)〔 is a Certified Public Accountant and the marketing manager of Texas Instruments from Garland, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. Since 2009, she has represented District 112 in Dallas County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Angie Chen Button )〕 In the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014, Button scored her fourth nomination to the state House by defeating conservative challenger, Jared L. Patterson (born c. 1983), 4,536 votes (54 percent) to 3,861 (46 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014 (House District 112) )〕 A supporter of the Tea Party movement, Patterson is a former member of the city council in Sachse in Dallas County. In 2012, he was the Mayor Pro Tem.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jared's Biography )〕 Button is unopposed for her fourth term in the November 4 general election.〔 ==Background== Button was born into a seven-person family in Taipei, Taiwan (the Republic of China). The Chens lived in a 300-square foot, one-room hut without a bathroom or a kitchen. She came to the United States, where as a graduate student in Public Finance and Management Services at the University of Texas at Dallas, she met her future husband, Darcy Glen Button (c. 1955). For more than three decades, the couple has resided, first in Richardson, and now Garland. They have a grown son, Dane Chen Button (born c. 1985). Button describes her life as "the American dream, Texas style."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State Rep. Angie Chen Button District 112 (R-Richardson) )〕 Button has a long record of civic involvement. She is a former member of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board and is active in the Chamber of Commerce and the advisory board of The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future. She has been honored by the Young Women's Christian Association and Southern Methodist University. She holds the "Corporate Achievement Award" from the National Organization of Chinese Americans. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated Button 75 favorable percent in 2013 but 63 percent in 2011 and 85 percent in 2009, when it named her a "Taxpayers' Advocate." She received the "Champion of Free Enterprise Award" from the Texas Association of Business.〔 She lists her religion as Christian, but no denomination is mentioned.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angie Chen Button」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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