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'''Leslie G. Osterman''' (born July 29, 1947) is a health systems analyst from [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Kansas House of Representatives from District 97 in Wichita County. First elected on November 2, 2010, he lost a race for the same seat in 2000.<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34735|title=Representative Leslie Osterman (Kansas)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>
'''Leslie G. Osterman''' (born July 29, 1947) is a health systems analyst from [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Kansas House of Representatives from District 97 in Wichita County. First elected on November 2, 2010, Osterman lost races for the same seat in 2000 and 2008, when he ran as a [[Democrat]].<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34735|title=Representative Leslie Osterman (Kansas)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>
Osterman unseated the veteran [[Democrat]] Dale Swenson, 2,341 (53.8 percent) to 2,007 (46.2 percent). According to Osterman's website, Swenson supported an 18 percent increase in state taxes and a 10 percent hike in the Kansas state budget. Swenson also opposed joining twenty-nine other states in filing legal challenges to the health care bill signed into law in 2010 by [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osterman4house.com/issues.html|title=Leslie Osterman for House of Representatives|publisher=osterman4house.com/issues|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>
Having himself switched parties, Osterman in 2010 unseated the veteran Democratic Representative Dale Swenson, 2,341 (53.8 percent) to 2,007 (46.2 percent). According to Osterman's website, Swenson supported an 18 percent increase in state taxes and a 10 percent hike in the Kansas state budget. Swenson also opposed joining twenty-nine other states in filing legal challenges to the health care bill signed into law in 2010 by [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osterman4house.com/issues.html|title=Leslie Osterman for House of Representatives|publisher=osterman4house.com/issues|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>