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{{Officeholder

{{Officeholder

|name=Leslie G. Osterman

|name=Leslie G. Osterman

|image=

|image=Leslie Osterman of KS.jpg

|party=[[Republican]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2010)

|spouse=Widower of Deloris D. Osterman  

|spouse=Widower of Deloris D. Osterman  

|religion=Non-denominational [[Christian]]

|religion=Non-denominational [[Christian]]

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1947|7|29}}

|birth_date=July 29, 1947

|occupation=Retired health systems analyst

|occupation=Retired health systems analyst

|offices=

|offices=

|term_start=January 2011 -

|term_start=January 2011 -

|preceded=Dale Swenson

|preceded=Dale Swenson

         |former=

         |term_end=January 2019

|succeeded=

        |succeeded=}}

 

}}

'''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>