WASHINGTON — Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, narrowly survived a vote to confirm his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke two ties that kept his nomination alive.

“I’m glad to have the vice president in my corner,” Brownback told reporters seconds after Pence cast the tie-breaking vote.

By the slimmest of margins, two dramatic party-line votes in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for Brownback’s confirmation to an at-large ambassadorship for international religious freedom, based in Washington, D.C.

The 50-49 votes ended a frustrating six-month wait for Brownback — a favorite of Christian conservatives for his views on same-sex marriage and abortion who has had a divisive tenure as governor of Kansas — who was nominated for the ambassadorship by President Donald Trump in July.

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