Governor Sam Brownback

Sam Brownback was sworn in as governor of Kansas on January 9, 2011. In 1986, Sam became Secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture, the youngest in state history. The farming industry was struggling in the late 80s. Sam worked to renew the rural heartland by actively engaging in re-opening U.S. beef trade in Asia, expanding market opportunities for agriculture products, and promoting new uses of farm commodities, it is during this time Sam served as a White House Fellow in the George H.W. Bush Administration. In 1994, Sam was elected to Congress in the Republican Revolution that brought the first Republican-controlled House of Representatives to Washington since Dwight D. Eisenhower was President. Sam was selected by other freshman Congressmen to be the head of the New Federalists, a group focused on producing a smaller federal government and a balanced budget. In 1996, Kansans elected Sam to the U.S. Senate seat once held by Bob Dole. In the Senate, Sam was an effective advocate for Kansas interests. As the 46th governor of Kansas, Sam is focused on getting the states economy growing again and creating jobs through streamlined regulations, controlled spending, and lower taxes. When Governor Brownback came into office, Kansas was in the third straight year of declining revenues, more than 110,000 Kansans were out of work, and the state budget faced a $500 million projected shortfall. Sam worked with the Kansas Legislature to turn that deficit into a nearly $500 million ending balance in one year. Since taking office, the administration has proposed fiscally responsible budgets, consolidated state agencies, eliminated outdated programs, cut taxes on all working Kansans and small business owners, and enacted laws that protect the sanctity of life. The states economy is growing and more Kansans are working.