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by Chris Durden & The Associated Press
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback has dropped out of the race for president. Brownback made the announcement in Topeka Friday afternoon.
"My yellow brick road came just short of the White House this time," Brownback said.
The conservative Republican managed to gain the support of only 1% of Republicans in this month's Associated Press-Ipsos poll after peaking at 3% in June. Fundraising reports this week showed that his campaign was struggling financially, with $94,000 available to spend.
Brownback will not face re-election until 2010 but says he will not run for another term. He is however, expected to run for governor.
Brownback, 51, is a former Kansas agriculture secretary who won a seat in the U.S. House in 1994, the same year voters angry with Democratic President Clinton swept the GOP back into congressional majorities.
Two years later, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole resigned his seat to run for president, and Brownback captured Dole's seat. He won a full term in 1998 and was re-elected easily in 2004.
