Tom Ewing

Ewing served as a circuit judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Fayette County from 2018 to 2025. He has two bachelor's degrees from Glenville State College and a law degree from West Virginia University.[1]

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Ewing's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

I am running for State Senate because West Virginia is at a critical point. The State can either build on the momentum from the 2015 legislative session or the State can turn back to the failed policies of the past 80+ years. The politics of the past have failed West Virginia. At this critical juncture, it is imperative that the State elect pro-jobs leaders, with fresh and different ideas and the political will to implement policies to move the State forward. As a first-time candidate for public office, I provide a fresh face with a new perspective and philosophy.

I am running for State Senate because I have witnessed the fallout of the State’s struggling economy in my own family. Within the last year, my father has been laid off from his job as a surface coal miner, my mother forced into early retirement with the post office, my aunt faces the loss of her job based on another coal company bankruptcy, and my cousin has had to move to North Carolina to look for work.

As a business owner and attorney representing small businesses and large employers for over 11 years, I believe that I can make a difference with the economy. I will work to fight against the Obama Administration’s War on Coal to preserve valuable jobs and tax revenue for our State, to empower small businesses and entrepreneurs, and to explore economic development opportunities beyond coal. I will work to continue to improve the business climate in the State by supporting tort reforms, tax reform, and regulatory reform.

I am running for State Senate because the children of this State deserve a better education from a better education system. My children attend public school. I see first-hand that the current education system in my county and other parts of Southern West Virginia is inadequate in preparing our children for the jobs of the future and to compete in the global marketplace. In some instances, school buildings are crumbling or have already been condemned. This is unacceptable. Education must be a priority.

As a former certified teacher, I believe that I can make a difference with education. Unless we continue to improve the business climate of the State, however, our children and grandchildren will still be forced to move to surrounding states to look for better jobs. We must simultaneously improve our educational system and continue constructing a stronger business climate to attract the quality jobs needed to enable our children and grandchildren to remain close to home.

I am running for State Senate because my heart breaks for children and families devastated and destroyed by rampant drug abuse and addiction in our State. From my short time handling appointed abuse and neglect cases in Fayette County, it is clear to me that our criminal justice system, courts, and child protective services are overburdened by the ill effects of drugs in our communities. In areas where it used to be safe to leave their houses unlocked, citizens now fear home invasions and robberies. The drug epidemic hinders the State’s ability to attract quality jobs as many prospective employees are simply unable to pass random drug tests. We must vigilantly protect the innocent children harmed by drugs, but we must find better ways to rehabilitate drug offenders.

I don’t have all the answers and won’t promise that electing me to the State Senate will solve all of the State’s problems. I can promise you, however, that I will listen to your concerns and I will roll up my sleeves and work hard to explore solutions to pull the State out of the economic abyss into which it is heading, to provide better education for our children, and to stem the tide of hopelessness, despair, and institutional enabling that is washing thousands of West Virginians into drug abuse and addiction that is tearing apart our families and harming our children.[8]

—Tom Ewing, [9]