Eric W. Oemig (born November 5, 1967) is an American politician and engineer who served as a member of the
Washington State Senate
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, representing the
45th district from 2007 to 2011. A member of the
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, he was elected to the Senate in 2006. Prior to politics, Oemig worked at several tech companies, including
Microsoft
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, where he was a performance manager.
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.
Other focus areas for Oemig included:
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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.
* Green vaccines – improving public health performance by eliminating poisons from vaccines and reducing vaccine injury and death
*
Peak oil
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– 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
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.
In 2010, Oemig lost his bid for reelection to Republican
Andy Hill.
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References
External links
Washington State Senate homepageSenate Democratic Caucus homepageCampaign website
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Living people
Democratic Party Washington (state) state senators
Microsoft employees
1967 births