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'''Sam Dale Brownback''' (born September 12, 1956 in Garnett, KS) is the senior Senator from [[Kansas]].<ref>Biographical Directory of the United States Congeress [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000953]</ref> He is currently a candidate for the [[Republican]] nomination for [[President of the United States of America|President of the United States]] in the [[2008 Presidential Election|2008 election]].

'''Sam Dale Brownback''' (born September 12, 1956 in Garnett, KS) is the senior [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Kansas]].<ref>Biographical Directory of the United States Congeress [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000953]</ref> He is currently a candidate for the [[Republican]] nomination for [[President of the United States of America|President of the United States]] in the [[2008 Presidential Election|2008 election]].

==Early Life and Education==

==Early Life and Education==

Brownback grew up on his family farm near Parker, KS.  He attended Prairie View High School in Linn County and served as state president of Future Farmers of America.  His tradition of leadership continued through his college years as student body president at Kansas State University and as class president at [[University of Kansas]] Law School.<ref>Official Senate Bigography [http://brownback.senate.gov/english/aboutsam/biography.htm] </ref>

Brownback grew up on his family farm near Parker, KS.  He attended Prairie View High School in Linn County and served as state president of [[Future Farmers of America]].  His tradition of leadership continued through his college years as student body president at [[Kansas State University]] and as class president at [[University of Kansas]] Law School.<ref>Official Senate Bigography [http://brownback.senate.gov/english/aboutsam/biography.htm] </ref>

==Political Career==

==Political Career==

Brownback served as a [[White House]] Fellow during [[George H.W. Bush]]'s administration and later became Secretary of Agriculture for Kansas, the youngest in the state's history.  He published In 1994, Brownback was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Kansas' 2nd District as part of [[Newt Gingrich]]'s Republican Revolution.  In 1996, Brownback was elected to the [[United States Senate]].  He sits on the Appropriations and Judiciary committees and is the ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee. Brownback was involved in funding allegations concerning his first campaign for the Senate. <ref>http://www.rainbowtel.net/~bryants/abbmodep_all_scans.htm</ref>

Brownback served as a [[White House]] Fellow during [[George H.W. Bush]]'s administration and later became Secretary of Agriculture for Kansas, the youngest in the state's history.  In 1994, Brownback was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Kansas' 2nd District as part of [[Newt Gingrich]]'s Republican Revolution.  In 1996, Brownback was elected to the [[United States Senate]].  He sits on the Appropriations and Judiciary committees and is the ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee. Brownback was involved in funding allegations concerning his first campaign for the Senate. <ref>http://www.rainbowtel.net/~bryants/abbmodep_all_scans.htm</ref>

==2008 Presidential Campaign==

==2008 Presidential Campaign==

In January 2008, Brownback declared his candidacy for President of the United States and is touting himself as the most socially conservative candidate available.  Also referring to himself as a "bleeding heart conservative."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/us/politics/12brownback.html</ref>

In January 2008, Brownback declared his candidacy for President of the United States and is touting himself as the most socially conservative candidate available.  He has also referred to himself as a "bleeding heart conservative."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/us/politics/12brownback.html</ref>

==Political Views==

==Political Views==

He has come under fire for supporting the Kennedy-McCain proposal on [[illegal immigration]].

He has come under fire for supporting the Kennedy-McCain proposal on [[illegal immigration]].

Raised as a Methodist, Brownback later joined a nondenominational evangelical church, and in 2002 he became Catholic.

Raised as a [[Methodist]], Brownback later joined a nondenominational evangelical church, and in 2002 he became [[Catholic]].

In December 2005, Brownback advocated using Washington, DC as a "laboratory" for a flat tax.

In December 2005, Brownback advocated using Washington, DC as a "laboratory" for a flat tax.