Eric Oemig
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Eric W. Oemig (born November 5, 1967)[1] is an American politician and engineer who served as a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 45th district from 2007 to 2011.[2] A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the Senate in 2006.[3] Prior to politics, Oemig worked at several tech companies, including Microsoft, where he was a performance manager.[3]
Eric Oemig | |
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Member of the Washington Senate from the 45th district | |
In office January 8, 2007 – January 10, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Bill Finkbeiner |
Succeeded by | Andy Hill |
Personal details | |
Born | (1967-11-05) November 5, 1967 (age 56) Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Mary Oemig |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BS) |
In 2007, Oemig introduced and passed an education performance bill to track student, teacher, and school performance data. In 2008, he passed a budget data bill requiring budget performance data to be presented on the web with fly-thru pie charts and searchable links.[4]
Other focus areas for Oemig included:
- Locally controlled elections – improving election performance by discouraging non-community interests from campaign contributions. In 2010, Oemig won the Public Leadership Award from Washington Public Campaigns.[5]
- Green vaccines – improving public health performance by eliminating poisons from vaccines and reducing vaccine injury and death
- Peak oil – improving economic performance by mitigating the local impact of hyper inflation
- Toxics in people – improving personal health performance by removing toxic ingredients from consumer products[6]
In the 2010 legislative session, Oemig served as vice chair of the Education K–12 Committee, vice chair of the Government Operations & Elections Committee, and as a member of the Ways & Means Committee and the Water, Environment & Energy Committee.[7]
In 2010, Oemig lost his bid for reelection to Republican Andy Hill.[8]