Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Sam Brownback

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · KansasSenate 1996–2011 · House 1995–1996 (KS-2)

Sam Brownback was a Republican U.S. senator from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (104th–111th Congress).

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343Bills & resolutions sponsored104th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

49Passed a chamberof 343 bills & resolutions sponsored

4Became law4 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 104th–111th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

S.Con.Res. 72 A concurrent resolution recognizing the 45th anniversary of the White House Fellows Program.
Dec 15, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
S.Res. 694 A resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of religious minorities in Iran and its continued violation of the…
Dec 3, 2010 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8477-8478)
S. 3974 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act
Nov 18, 2010 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S. 3904 High Plains Groundwater Resource Conservation Act
Sep 29, 2010 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S.Con.Res. 73 A concurrent resolution honoring the life of Dr. Ronald W. Walters and commending his life as an example to future generations of the people of the United…
Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7840)

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Brownback has won

Sen. Brownback has won 1 U.S. House election (1994–1994) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (1996, 1998, 2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.6 to 41.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 10.6 points1996, KS Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Kansas’s 2nd districtWinners, most recent three: Steve Watkins (R) 2018 → Jake Laturner (R) 2020–2022 → Derek Schmidt (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

Seat history, Kansas Senate (class 3)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Robert Dole (R) 1980–1992 → Samuel Brownback (R) 1998–2004 → Jerry Moran (R) 2010–2022. The seat is next on the ballot in 2028.

Full election history for this seat →

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Kansas done while Sen. Brownback served?

2005 to 2010 in Kansas: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.4 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

Kansas: $69.3K in 2005 → $69.8K in 2010

Kansas about the sameU.S. down 3%

Share of people below the poverty line

Kansas: 11.7% in 2005 → 13.6% in 2010

Kansas up 1.9 pointsU.S. up 2.0 points

Share of workers looking for a job

Kansas: 5.5% in 2005 → 7.9% in 2010

Kansas up 2.4 pointsU.S. up 3.9 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Kansas during Brownback’s time representing it (1996 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Kansas begin in 2005, so 1996 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 59 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	59	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	0	None listed
With a Congress.gov note	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.