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Republican from Kansas
Sam Brownback is a U.S. senator from Kansas, elected to that job in 1996. He previously served one term in the U.S. House and also was the state agriculture commissioner. He graduated from Kansas State University and earned a law degree from the University of Kansas. He was born in Garnett, Kan., in 1956. He and his wife, Mary, have five children. He withdrew from the presidential race on Oct. 19, 2007.
Recent statements involving Sam Brownback
In countries that allow gay marriage, the rates of heterosexual marriage "have plummeted to where you have counties now in northern Europe where 80 percent of the first-born children are born out of wedlock."
"Currently, we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock."
"I'm for a three-state political solution in Iraq. (Romney) is not."
Recent stories featuring Sam Brownback
FACT SHEET: Who has been to Iraq?: We surveyed the 16 candidates to find out which ones have visited Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003. As of December 2007, nine have. Here are our findings along with a brief synopsis of each candidate's position on the war, taken from their Web sites.
Looking for Mr. Right: Each of the candidates running for the Republican nomination for president claims to be a conservative. And each one is -- to a point.
Biden's Iraq plan detailed enough to draw praise - and critics: More than a year ago, the Delaware Democrat offered a plan on Iraq. But he's no longer the only one.
Debatable claims in N.H.: In a New Hampshire debate, the GOP candidates discuss immigration, Iraq and chicken dinners for Guantanamo detainees. Some of their facts aren't quite right.
They all believe in God: Mike Huckabee says there are "probably plenty" of presidential candidates who do not believe in God. But the major candidates say they are all believers.
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