Angie Chen Button
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Angie Chen Button
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 112
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, MS in Management & Administrative Sciences, 1980
Prior Accounting & Public Finance Degrees, Taipei, Taiwan
WORK & MILITARY
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Asia Marketing Program Manager, 33
AFFILIATIONS
DART, Board Member, DFW Asian-American Citizens Council
Chair Emeritus, First United Methodist Church (Richardson), Member
Richardson Republican Women's Club, Member, Heroes of South Vietnam Memorial Foundation
Advisory Board Member, Greater Garland Republican Organization, Member
YWCA´s 100 Years 100 Women Award, in 2008, Girl Scout Honorary Troop 1920
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Texas State Rep. in 3rd Term, 5
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
Previous Races
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2015
100%
2015
74%
2015
72%
2012
71%
2015
64%
2015
64%
2015
|100%
2015
|74%
2012
|71%
2015
|64%
2015
|64%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (2)
Texans for Lawsuit Reform
Texas Association of Business and Commerce
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
NRA Political Victory Fund
Texas State Rifle Association~PAC
Texas Right to Life PAC
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
Business & Commerce PAC (BACPAC)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Jason Villalba
Linda Harper-Brown
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Republican Women's Organizations
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (26)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Associated Republicans of Texas
Eagle Forum
Elisa Chan
Empower Texans
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Royce West
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
International Association of Firefighters
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Strongly Agree
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Strongly Agree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.
Strongly Agree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Disagree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
16. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Agree
17. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Constitution, then our Constitution's Check and Balance standing for the Supreme Court and Congress
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian. Growing up, our family was the first in our village to have a Christmas tree. My parents as Christians had to flee to Taiwan from the Communist takeover in China. Naturally I treasure the freedoms that so many of my fellow citizens take for granted.
