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We. Deserve. Better.

We. Deserve. Better.

You Cannot Legislate to a Life You Haven’t Lived

Too many elected officials go to Washington and become unreachable, trading the home agenda for a Beltway agenda. You can’t have both.

 

How can you represent us when you don’t

even know us?

 

Stephanie knows. She’s felt the history in Charles Town, the steel of Weirton, and mourned the Littleton of yesterday. She’s from pine trees and mining camps and government cheese.

 

She knows where she comes from—West Virginian by luck, Mountaineers forever by choice.

Stephanie isn't going to Washington to become someone else. She’s going to represent the communities that made her—from Hundred and Martinsburg to St. Marys, Buckhannon, and Four States, and everywhere in between.

 

And she’ll never stop showing up. She believes we all deserve to be heard.

There’s a difference between someone who's trying to talk it, and someone who's lived it.

 

You can't fake knowing what it means to stretch a paycheck, to watch your hometown hollow out, or to navigate job loss.  West Virginia doesn’t need another politician who discovers us every couple of years. 

Stephanie isn’t running because she’s got a perfect plan. She’s running because she’s lived what too many of us are still going through.


“I don’t have all the answers—no one does. But by damn, I can guarantee you this, when Congress is making deals and playing chess with our lives, someone who knows what happens to a community when places like Consol and Mettiki and Mylan close will be in that room. And she’ll be fighting for us.”

We Deserve Real Representation

  • 'All Means All' to Stephanie. She's stood in front of the vulnerable before, and she'll stand up for our communities, regardless of zip code or political affiliation. She is a champion for working‑class and poor families, LGBTQIA+ West Virginians, women,  minority, and immigrant communities. Every voice in West Virginia matters, and Stephanie is committed to making those voices heard.

  • She Doesn't Shy Away From Courageous Conversations.  Stephanie is committed to being right where she's always been, in our communities,  She'll show up, and talking face-to-face, even when we disagree because she knows that trust is built by listening, not by avoiding hard questions or tough crowds.

  • She'll Never Forget Where She Came From.  Washington will not change Stephanie, she'll always be a West Virginia girl, grounded in the values, struggles, and pride of the communities that raised us.

  • Stephanie Will Place a Dedicated District Staffer in Every Region. She'll assign a permanent district staffer to each major region of District 2 to build relationships, connect people to resources, and make sure those resources actually reach the people who need them.

  • Stephanie Will Stay Present in the Community, you’ll still find her at bingo fundraisers, under the Friday night lights, and at the corner coffee shop—showing up where West Virginians live, not just when the cameras are on.

 

Voting Rights Priorities

  • Ban Partisan Gerrymandering.  Require independent redistricting commissions to draw congressional maps using neutral, transparent criteria with measurable fairness standards.  Mandate expedited federal court review so maps that violate anti-gerrymandering rules can be quickly struck down. 

  • Expand Early and Mail-In Voting.  Working families, seniors, and people with disabilities shouldn't have to choose between casting a ballot and going to work or getting to the polls; voting should be accessible to everyone

  • Make Election Day a Federal Holiday

  • Restore and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act. Congress must act to restore the full protections it was designed to provide

  • Support Automatic Voter Registration.

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Vote Tomana

Paid for by Stephanie Tomana for Congress
A. Christoff Treasurer
PO Box 56
IdaMay, WV      265676

 

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