Eric Oemig

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
Oemig in 2007
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 57) 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]