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'''{{Infobox officeholder|name=Leslie G. Osterman''' |image=Leslie Osterman of KS.jpg |party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (born 2010)|spouse=Widower of Deloris D. Osterman<br>|children=Dee Osterman ___|religion=Non-denominational [[Christian]]|birth_date=July 29, 1947) is a health systems analyst from |birth_place=[[WichitaCheyenne (city)|Cheyenne]], [[KansasWyoming]], who is a |occupation=Retired health systems analyst|office=[[RepublicanKansas]] member of the Kansas House of Representatives from State Representative<br>for District 97 in Wichita County. First elected on November 2, 2010, he lost a race for the same seat in 2000.<ref name|term_start=vsmart>{{cite webJanuary 2011 |urlterm_end=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_idJanuary 2019|preceded=34735Dale Swenson|titlesucceeded=Representative Leslie Osterman (Nick Hoheisel|residence=[[Wichita]], Kansas)|publisheralma_mater=votesmartCentral High School (Cheyenne)<br>[[George Washington<br>University]]<br>([[Washington, D.orgC.]])|accessdatebranch=October 11, 2011[[United States Navy]]|rank=Chief Petty Officer|battles=Wounded in [[Vietnam War]]}}</ref>

'''Leslie G. Osterman unseated ''' (born July 29, 1947) is a retired health systems analyst in [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Kansas House of Representatives for District 97 in southwestern Wichita County. First elected on November 2, 2010, Osterman lost races for the same seat in 2000 and 2008, when he ran as a [[Democratic Party|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=March 5, 2021}}</ref> Having switched parties, new Republican 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 [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] 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>

Osterman was born in [[Cheyenne (city)|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]],<ref name=vsmart/> to Albert Osterman, Jr. (1923-2011), and the late Edith L. Osterman. His father was a [[World War II]] veteran, a municipal employee in Cheyenne, and also worked for several construction companies in Wyoming and [[Colorado]].<ref name=cwte>{{cite web|url=http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2011/10/09/obituaries/04obit_10-09-11.txt|title=Obituary of Albert Osterman, Jr.|publisher=Cheyenne ''Wyoming Eagle Tribune''|accessdate=October 10, 2011}}</ref>Osterman is the widower of Deloris Dgraduated in 1966 from Central High School in Cheyenne. Osterman<ref name=osterman/> (1935-2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootswebwww.ancestryclassmates.com/cgi-binpeople/ssdi.cgipeople/240949421?registrationId=240949421|title=Social Security Death IndexLeslie Osterman|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestryclassmates.com|accessdate=October 11, 2011; information no longer accessible lon-line}}</ref> and has a daughter, Dee. In 2011, he was engaged to Louise Meade.<ref name=osterman/>He has a brother, Albert Osterman, III, of Longmont, Colorado, and a sister, Margaret Ann Osterman. A second brother was Jerry Leon Osterman (1949-1993) of Fort Collins, Colorado.<ref name=cwte/>Osterman is a non-denominational Christian.<ref name=vsmart/>He is also active in Lions International and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=osterman/> Osterman served in the [[United States Navy]], having retired at the rank of chief petty officer. He was wounded in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=blubaugh/> In 1991, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in health science and hospital management<ref name=osterman>{{cite web|url=http://www.osterman4house.com/about.html|title=About MeLeslie Osterman|publisher=osterman4house.com|accessdate=October 11, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> from [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. He moved to Kansas in 1986.<ref name=osterman/> Since In 1993, he has been affiliated with joined Preferred Health Systems in Wichita.<ref name=vsmart/> Osterman is the widower of Deloris D. Osterman<ref name=osterman/> (1935-2003) and has a daughter, Dee. In 2011, he was engaged to Louise Meade<ref name=osterman/>but it is unclear if they ever married. He has a brother, Albert Osterman, III, of Longmont, Colorado, and a sister, Margaret Ann Osterman. A second brother was Jerry Leon Osterman (1949-1993) of Fort Collins, Colorado.<ref name=cwte/> Osterman is a non-denominational Christian.<ref name=vsmart/> He is also active in Lions International and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=osterman/>

Osterman serves served on these House committees: (1) Commerce and Economic Development, (2) Education, and (3) Judiciary.<ref name=vsmart/>In 2011, Osterman was given an "A" rating by the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=34735|title=Representative Leslie Osterman (Kansas)|publisher=votesmartProject Vote Smart|accessdate=March 5, 2021}}</ref> Early in the 2011 session, the conservative Osterman introduced a bill to repeal the state law which grants residency for tuition purposes to certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. A [[Texas]] law of this same kind has been defended in the 2012 presidential contest by Governor [[Rick Perry]] of [[Texas]]. Though Osterman's bill passed the House, it died before the State and Federal Affairs Committee of the Kansas State Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/issueli/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2006/|title=HB2006|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 201; material no longer on-line}}</ref> He supported legislation to amend laws relating to late-term and partial-birth [[abortion]]s in Kansas. The bill passed in both houses and was signed into law on April 12, 2011, by Republican Governor [[Sam Brownback]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2035/|title=HB2035|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> The freshman lawmaker also obtained approval of a bill to require photographic identification by voters at the precinct, a measure also adopted in Texas in 2011 and signed into law by Governor Perry. The Kansas bill was signed by Governor Brownback on April 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2067/|title=HB2067|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Osterman also pushed for a law the Kansas Health Care Freedom Act, which would have exempted the state from the federal health-care law. The measure was withdrawn from the House calendar on February 23, 2011, and sent to the Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2129/|title=HB2129|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Osterman's proposal to phase out over five years the state income tax on corporations in Kansas was referred to the House Committee on Taxation on February 7, 2011, pending further review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2156/|title=HB2156|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> Osterman in 2011 convinced his House colleagues to pass a resolution calling upon the U.S. Congress to provide "equal benefits and compensation" for the treatment of exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange, including those who served both within and outside Vietnam.<ref>Tim Carpenter, "The Stain of Agent Orange,'' ''Topeka Capital-Journal, March 10, 2011.</ref> ==2012 election==

Early in In the 2011 sessionRepublican primary held on August 7, 2012, the conservative Osterman introduced narrowly led Jeff Blubaugh (born 1972) a bill real estate broker and investor, 51 to repeal the state law which grants residency for tuition purposes to certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. Though his bill passed the House, it died before the State and Federal Affairs Committee of the Kansas State Senate49 percent.<refname=weagle>{{cite webFred Mann, "Kansas House roundup," ''The Wichita Eagle,''''|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2006/|title=HB2006|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11accessed August 8, 2011}}</ref>Strongly pro2012; no longer accessible on-life,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwline.osterman4house.com/index.html|title=Leslie Osterman|publisher=osterman4house.com|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman introduced legislation to amend laws relating to late-term and partial-birth Blubaugh is a [[abortionQuaker]] , a graduate of Friends University in Kansas. The bill passed Wichita, and a member of the school board in both houses and was signed into law on April 12Goddard, 2011, by Republican Governor [[Sam Brownback]]Kansas.<refname=blubaugh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislaturekansas.orgcom/li2012/b2011_1207/year112/measures/hb20352405705/blubaugh-osterman-in-republican.html|title=HB2035Jeff Blubaugh faces Leslie Osterman in House District 97|publisher=kslegislaturekansas.orgcom|accessdate=October 11August 8, 20112012; material no longer on-line}}</ref>In the November 6 general election Osterman again defeated Dale Swenson, the Democrat whom he unseated in 2010.

The freshman lawmaker also obtained approval of a bill to require photographic identification by voters at the precinct, a measure also adopted Osterman did not seek reelection in Texas in 2011 2018 and signed into law by Governor [[Rick Perry]]. The Kansas bill was signed by Governor Brownback on April 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2067/|title=HB2067|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman also pushed for a law the Kansas Health Care Freedom Act, which would have exempted the state from the federal health-care law. The measure was withdrawn from succeeded in the House calendar on February 23by another Republican, 2011, and sent to the Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2129/|title=HB2129|publisher=kslegislatureNick Hoheisel.org|accessdate=October 11In 2020, 2011}}</ref> Osterman's proposal to phase out over five years the state inocme tax on corporations he unsuccessfully challenged Hoheisel in Kansas was referred to the House Committee on Taxation on February 7, 2011, pending further reviewa comeback attempt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2156/|title=HB2156|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

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