Sam Brownback, governor of Kansas and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate (2008)
During the 2004 Congressional Session he worked as a Congressional Fellow with the Office of Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), where he served as Senator Brownback’s chief advisor on NASA and space issues.
Seven candidates attended-- Brownback, Huckabee, Hunter, Paul, Tancredo, and newly announced candidate Alan Keyes and John H. Cox, a candidate who had then not appeared in any of the other debates.
Mary Stauffer Brownback, daughter of John Stauffer and granddaughter of Oscar Stauffer, is married to Kansas Governor and former U.S. Senator Sam Brownback.