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'''Leslie 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, 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>

Osterman unseated the [[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>

Osterman unseated the [[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>