Frederic A. "Eric" Eidsness Jr. is a political engineer born December 1, 1944 to Fred A. Eidsness Sr. and Edith Polk Eidsness. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1982 with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, serving under Administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford during the controversial “Sewergate” era. He ran as a Reform Party candidate in the 4th Congressional district in Colorado in 2006. After earning 11.3% of the popular vote, he lost to Marilyn Musgrave.