# Angie Button

Angie Button is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 112.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 112
- Serving since: 2009-01-13
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2a9478ef-b573-4de6-ab96-bb3f6091346f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a9478ef-b573-4de6-ab96-bb3f6091346f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Button reported $1.9M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## What Button says (TX 2025–26 session)

96 classified statements: 96 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Button | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.0% | 9.3% | 654 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 42.7% | 31.9% | 226 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.1% | 1.8% | 247 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 16.7% | 12.7% | 248 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 27% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 24% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 17% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Labor and Employment 12% (State House Republicans 2.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 651 donors and 881 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,700 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 57% (85%). 293 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 80 bills: 79 reached committee, 48 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 70. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 35 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 123: Commending Scott LeMay for his service as mayor of Garland. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR123/
- HB 226: Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of active radio frequency identification tags. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB226/
- HB 109: Relating to a disaster recovery loan program for small and micro-businesses. (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB109/
- HR 1402: Commending the members of the inaugural cohort of The University of Texas System Texas Legislative Fellowship Program for their service during the 89th… (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1402/
- HR 1337: In memory of George L. Cullum III. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1337/
- HR 1336: In memory of Janice S. Watson Cullum. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1336/
- HR 909: Recognizing May 2025 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR909/
- HR 868: Honoring the longstanding relationship between the Province of Québec and the State of Texas. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR868/
- HCR 127: Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Taiwan. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HCR127/
- HR 756: In memory of George L. Cullum III. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR756/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.9M (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2114823991374340347
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2114110753917514137
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2113768149090771096
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2113405365752672575
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2112979047621730521
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2112593433734885381
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2112262501488320548
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2110437261443497993
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2108612231374000327
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/angiechenbutton/status/2106425156121833899

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=112
- Campaign site: https://www.angiebutton.com
- X: https://x.com/angiechenbutton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ACBforTexas
- Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/ACBforTexas
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvuPAgkkEc-lLmTOCDJK0uA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-chen-button-b6101037/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a9478ef-b573-4de6-ab96-bb3f6091346f