Eric Oemig was an American politician from Washington state, who served as a Democrat in the Washington State Senate.[1] Oemig was elected to the Senate in 2006 and served from January 2007-2011.[2] Prior to politics, Oemig worked at several high-tech companies including as a performance manager at Microsoft.[3]
In 2007, Oemig introduced and passed an innovative education performance bill to track student/teacher/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. (fiscal.wa.gov)
Other focus areas for the Senator include:
Oemig gained national attention in 2007 when he introduced Senate Joint Memorial 8016 calling upon Congress to impeach the President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney.
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.[6]
Targeted in the 2010 general election, Oemig lost his bid for reelection.[7]