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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 each time as a Democrat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Leslie Osterman (Kansas) )〕 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 (born c. 1957) opposed the filing of legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leslie Osterman for House of Representatives )〕 ==Background== Osterman was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming,〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituary of Albert Osterman, Jr. )〕 Osterman graduated in 1966 from Cheyenne Central High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leslie Osterman )〕 Osterman served in the United States Navy and was wounded in the Vietnam War. He retired at the rank of chief petty officer.〔 In 1991, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in health science and hospital management〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Leslie Osterman )〕 from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He did not locate to Kansas until 1986.〔 From 1993 until his retirement, he was affiliated with Preferred Health Systems in Wichita.〔 Osterman is the widower of Deloris D. Osterman〔 (1935-2003)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 and has a daughter, Dee. Osterman' brother is Albert Osterman, III, of Longmont, Colorado; his sister is Margaret Ann Osterman. A second brother, Jerry Leon Osterman (1949-1993), lived in Fort Collins, Colorado.〔 Osterman is a non-denominational Christian.〔 He is also active in Lions International and the Masonic lodge.〔 In mid-March 2013, Osterman suffered a heart attack and remained in intensive care for forty-seven days. As a result of his health crisis, he missed 163 roll call votes in the House. Osterman said that he did return to the House a couple of times after he was released from the hospital, "but it almost finished me." He indicated that he returned specifically to vote on the budget.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Travis Perry, Handful of Kansas lawmakers outpace all others for missed votes, June 11, 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leslie Osterman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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