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==Senate career==
In the primary set up to fill out the remainder of Dole's term, Brownback defeated [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Sheila Frahm]], a former [[Lieutenant Governor]], who had been appointed to temporarily fill the Senate seat. In the general election, he defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Robert Docking|Jill Docking]] and was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1998. He won re-election in the [[U.S. Senate election, 2004|2004 Senate election]] with 69% of the vote, easily defeating his Democratic challenger, Lee Jones, a former [[Washington, D.C.]] [[lobbyist]].
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Brownback is a lead sponsor of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 and by frequently speaks out against the [[mail-order bride]] industry.<ref>[[Vatican Radio]]: Mail Order Nightmares [http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=114636]</ref>
On December 16, 2006, Brownback gave an interview to the ''[[Christian Post]]'', stating: "We can get to this goal of eliminating deaths by [[cancer]] in 10 years."<ref>{{cite news
| author = Associated Press
| title = Brownback Addresses Christian Radio Members, Touts FDA Move
| publisher = [[The Christian Post]]
| date = [[2006-12-16]]
| url = http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061216/24283_Brownback_Addresses_Christian_Radio_Members,_Touts_FDA_Move.htm
| accessdate = 2007-05-12}}</ref>
On [[September 27]], [[2006]], Brownback introduced a bill called the [[Truth in Video Game Rating Act]] (S.3935), which would regulate the rating system of [[Video game|computer and video games]].{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
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