Stephanie Spears Tomana is a public school teacher, civic leader, and lifelong advocate for working-class families in West Virginia.

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While others tell our story, Stephanie has lived it. Born and raised in the old coal camps of Marion County, she learned early what it means to work hard, stretch a paycheck, and rely on neighbors when times are tough. Those lessons didn't just shape who she is — they shaped who she fights for.

 

Stephanie's service extends beyond the classroom; she's spent most of her life working and volunteering right here at home. Whether it's securing grant funding and congressional spending requests for local schools and community projects, expanding scholarship opportunities for West Virginia's students, lending her voice to good causes, or throwing on muck boots to clean up a neighborhood after flooding, she's always been working right beside us.

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Stephanie has proven she can compete in the toughest political environments; she refused to let an entrenched incumbent in a heavily gerrymandered state house district go unchallenged in 2024. Powered by labor unions, small donors, and everyday West Virginians, her campaign grew from the ground up, without a single corporate PAC dollar. In a record year for voter turnout, when many candidates across the state lost by double digits, Stephanie closed the gap to just nine points—outpacing, out-performing, and outraising even congressional candidates.

 

​Stephanie isn’t running on buzzwords, sound bites, or words like "only".  If the only play is fear, blame, and division, that’s politics rooted in running from something—and it doesn’t change anything.

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Stephanie has spent a lifetime running toward something: safe roads and clean water, strong schools and real job opportunities. 

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Stephanie is running to be a voice in Washington for the communities that raised us.  

 

We. Deserve. Better.