Eric Oemig
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Eric Oemig was an American
politician from Washington state, who served as a Democrat
in the Washington State Senate
. Oemig was elected to the Senate in 2006 and served from January 2007-2011. Prior to politics, Oemig worked at several high-tech companies including as a performance manager at Microsoft
.
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.
Targeted in the 2010 general election, Oemig lost his bid for reelection.
United States
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politician from Washington state, who served as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
in the Washington State Senate
Washington State Senate
The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 senators, each representing a district with a population of nearly 120,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia....
. Oemig was elected to the Senate in 2006 and served from January 2007-2011. Prior to politics, Oemig worked at several high-tech companies including as a performance manager at Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
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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:
- Locally Controlled Elections / (clean electionsClean elections"Clean Elections" is a term used to describe a particular system of government financing of political campaigns, in which the government provides a grant to candidates who agree to limit their and private fundraising efforts and limit their campaign-spending.- In the United States :Clean Election...
) - 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 OilPeak oilPeak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. This concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells, projected reserves and the combined production rate of a field...
- 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
Oemig gained national attention in 2007 when he introduced Senate Joint Memorial 8016 calling upon Congress to impeach the President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
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.
Targeted in the 2010 general election, Oemig lost his bid for reelection.