Shelley Moore Capito
R · West Virginia · 2026 · IncumbentRunning for U.S. Senate, West Virginia
Biography
Shelley Moore Capito is West Virginia's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. The campaign site says voters elected her in 2014 as the first woman and the first Republican in over fifty years to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, and that she served in the U.S. House before that. Her Republican Senate colleagues elected her Chair of the Republican Policy Committee, and she chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, per the campaign site. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 13, 2026, per the campaign site.
Key voting record
- Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote. Supported
- Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the Senate 64-35 in January 2025. Supported
On the ballot
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