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'''Leslie G. Osterman''' (born July 29, 1947) is a retired health systems analyst from [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 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 [[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>

<big>'''Leslie G. Osterman''' (born July 29, 1947) is a retired health systems analyst from [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 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 [[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>

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 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>

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 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>

==2012 election==

==2012 election==

In the Republican primary held on August 7, 2012, Osterman narrowly led Jeff Blubaugh, a real estate broker and investor, 51 to 49 percent.<ref name=weagle>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/07/2440578/ward-leads-loganbill-in-house.html|title=Fred Mann, "Kansas House roundup"|publisher=''Wichita Eagle''|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Blubaugh (born c. 1972) is a [[Quaker]], a graduate of Friends University in Wichita, and a member of the school board in Goddard, Kansas.<ref name=blubaugh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/07/12/2405705/blubaugh-osterman-in-republican.html|title=Jeff Blubaugh faces Leslie Osterman in House District 97|publisher=kansas.com|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In the November 6 general election Osterman again defeated  Dale Swenson, the Democrat whom he unseated in 2010.

In the Republican primary held on August 7, 2012, Osterman narrowly led Jeff Blubaugh, a real estate broker and investor, 51 to 49 percent.<ref name=weagle>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/07/2440578/ward-leads-loganbill-in-house.html|title=Fred Mann, "Kansas House roundup"|publisher=''Wichita Eagle''|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Blubaugh is a [[Quaker]], a graduate of Friends University in Wichita, and a member of the school board in Goddard, Kansas.<ref name=blubaugh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/07/12/2405705/blubaugh-osterman-in-republican.html|title=Jeff Blubaugh faces Leslie Osterman in House District 97|publisher=kansas.com|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In the November 6 general election Osterman again defeated  Dale Swenson, the Democrat whom he unseated in 2010.

==References==

==References==

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