Eric Oemig

Eric Oemig
Oemig in 2007
Member of the Washington Senate
from the 45th district
In office
January 8, 2007 – January 10, 2011
Preceded byBill Finkbeiner
Succeeded byAndy Hill
Personal details
Born (1967-11-05) November 5, 1967 (age 57)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Oemig
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (BS)

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Eric Oemig's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sen. Eric Oemig - Washington State Senate Democrats". Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Sen. Eric Oemig - Biography - Washington State Senate Democrats". Archived from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  4. ^ "Oemig's bill could establish school database". Kirkland Reporter. March 4, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Sen. Eric Oemig testifies on toxin disclosure bill. YouTube.
  7. ^ "Oemig". Archived from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  8. ^ Elections 2010–11your.kingcounty.gov Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine