Brown (born August 20, 1939) is an American politician and rancher who was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011.
After two terms, the district was changed to Kaufman and Henderson counties as far east as Athens, Texas.
[citation needed] In the March 2010 Republican primary, Brown was defeated by Lance Gooden, her former legislative aide.
[citation needed] In 2009, Brown was criticized for her comments made during Texas House Elections Committee testimony on the voting difficulties encountered by Asian Americans who use two different names.
[1] Though at first defending her statement, accusing Democrats of making the issue "about race", she eventually apologized for the incident, acknowledging the "diversity of Texas" and the "enrichment" that Asian-Americans bring to the state.