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December 25, 2005
Sam Brownback
R-Kansas
Sam Brownback BIO:
· Serving in 2nd full term.
· In 1996, he was first elected as the state’s
  32nd U.S. Senator, filling out the unexpired
  portion of Sen. Bob Dole's term.
· He was later elected to a full six-year term in
  1998 and was reelected to a second six-year
  term in November 2004.

COMMITTEES:
· Appropriations (DC Subcmte. Chairman)
· Judiciary (Constitution, Civil Rights & Property Rights Subcmte.
  Chairman)
· Chairman of the Helsinki Commission
· Joint Economic

PREVIOUS:
· U.S. House, 1995-96, represented the second district of Kansas.
· White House Fellow for one year in the Office of the U.S. Trade
  Representative.
· Kansas Secretary of Agriculture, 1986-93; youngest Secretary of
  Agriculture in Kansas state history in 1986.
· Worked as a radio broadcaster & teacher.
· Kansas State University student body President.
· In high school, he served as State President and as a national
  officer of the Future Farmers of America.

EDUCATION:
· B.S. (agricultural economics), Kansas State University
· JD, University of Kansas

PERSONAL:
· Hometown: Topeka, KS; Born: Garnett, KS; grew up on the family
  farm near Parker, Kansas, where his family still farms.
· Family: Wife, Mary Brownback; five children

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Info: Sen. Sam Brownback talks about politics, his career, and his future plans. He was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and is serving in his second full term.





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