Leslie Gene Osterman was a health systems analyst from Wichita, Kansas, who was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives from District 97 in southwestern Wichita County.
23 Facts About Leslie Osterman
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Leslie Osterman was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Albert Leslie Osterman, Jr.
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Leslie Osterman's father was a World War II veteran, a municipal employee in Cheyenne, and worked for several construction companies in Wyoming and Colorado.
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Leslie Osterman served in the United States Navy and was wounded in the Vietnam War.
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Leslie Osterman retired at the rank of chief petty officer.
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In 2011, Leslie Osterman was given an "A" rating by the NRA Political Victory Fund.
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Leslie Osterman was endorsed by the NRA-PVF in 2014 and retained his "A" rating.
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Leslie Osterman was ranked 83 percent by the Kansas National Federation of Independent Business.
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Leslie Osterman sponsored legislation to curtail late-term and partial-birth abortions.
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Early in the 2011 session, Leslie Osterman introduced a bill to repeal the state law which grants residency for tuition purposes to aliens.
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Strongly pro-life, Leslie Osterman introduced legislation to amend laws relating to late-term and partial-birth abortion in Kansas.
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Leslie Osterman obtained approval of a bill to require photographic identification by voters at the precinct, a measure adopted in Texas in 2011 and signed into law by Governor Perry.
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Leslie Osterman advocated for the Kansas Health Care Freedom Act, which would have exempted the state from the federal health-care law.
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Leslie Osterman supported the income tax cuts signed into law by Governor Brownback.
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Leslie Osterman said that 65 percent of state funds dedicated to education in Kansas should go directly to the classroom.
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However, Leslie Osterman said the costs of administrative overhead is far too great, a situation that he has observed in the Wichita school district office.
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Leslie Osterman sponsored legislation to bring Covenant marriage to Kansas, a commitment that makes it more difficult for a couple to procure a divorce.
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Leslie Osterman sponsored a law to permit Kansans to purchase of out-of-state health and accident insurance.
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Leslie Osterman received 4,068 votes ; Swenson, 2,899.
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Swenson is a former Republican-turned-Democrat, whereas Leslie Osterman was a Democrat-turned-Republican.
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Osterman was the widower of Deloris D Osterman and has a daughter.
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Leslie Osterman was active in Lions International and the Masonic lodge.
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In mid-March 2013, Leslie Osterman suffered a heart attack and remained in intensive care for forty-seven days.