Samuel Brownback
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United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Nominee |
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Taking office TBD* |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | David Saperstein |
| 46th Governor of Kansas | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2011 |
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| Lieutenant | Jeff Colyer |
| Preceded by | Mark Parkinson |
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United States Senator from Kansas |
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In office November 7, 1996 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Sheila Frahm |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Moran |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – November 7, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Slattery |
| Succeeded by | Jim Ryun |
| Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas | |
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In office 1986–1993 |
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| Governor |
John Carlin Mike Hayden Joan Finney |
| Preceded by | Harland Priddle |
| Succeeded by | Philip Fishburn |
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Samuel Dale Brownback September 12, 1956 Garnett, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Stauffer |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Cedar Crest |
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Kansas State University (BA) University of Kansas (JD) |
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Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American lawyer, politician and diplomat who is the 46th Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives during the Republican Revolution of 1994, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term, before running in a 1996 special election for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won the special election and the following two regular elections, serving until 2011. He ran for president in 2008, but withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed eventual Republican nominee John McCain. Throughout his U.S. Senate career, his principal campaign donors were the Koch Brothers of Wichita based Koch Industries, who donated more to Brownback than to any other political candidate during this period.
Brownback was elected Governor of Kansas in 2010 and took office in January 2011. As Governor, Brownback initiated what he called a "red-state experiment" -- dramatic cuts in income tax rates, intended to bring economic growth. He signed into law one of the largest income tax cut in Kansas history. The tax cuts caused state revenues to fall by hundreds of millions of dollars and created large budget shortfalls. A major budget deficit led to budget cuts in areas including education and transportation. While Kansas's economy has performed reasonably well since the cuts were passed, the economies of neighboring states have done as well if not better. In the run-up to the 2014 gubernatorial election, over 100 former and current Kansas Republican officials criticized Brownback's leadership and endorsed his Democratic opponent, Paul Davis. Brownback was reelected in a close race with a plurality, a margin of 3.7%. In June 2017, the Kansas Legislature rolled back Brownback's tax cuts and enacted tax increases.
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