Dale Swenson (born March 2, 1957) is a Democratic former member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 97th district in Wichita, Kansas, Kansas. From 1995 to 2008, he served as a Republican lawmaker; in 2009, he began a single two-year term as a Democrat. He was unseated on November 2, 2010, by the Democrat-turned-Republican Leslie Osterman, a retired health systems analyst from Wichita. In 2012, Swenson lost a rematch with Osterman. He received 2,899 votes (41.6 percent) to Osterman's 4,068 votes (58.4 percent).