Eric Oemig

Eric W. Oemig is an American former politician from Washington state, who served as a Democrat in the Washington State Senate. He was elected to the Senate in 2006 and served from January 2007 until January 2011. Prior to politics, Oemig worked at several tech companies, including Microsoft, 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:
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.