Candidate · November 3, 2026

Shelley Moore Capito

On the ballot for U.S. Senate · West Virginia

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$5.4M
cash on hand
$3.1M
issues with public statements
2
outside spending for or against
$647K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. Senate · West Virginia1
Party on the ballotRepublican1
StatusIncumbent — Currently serves as a U.S. senator from West Virginia.2
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Shelley Moore Capito was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and re-elected in 2020.3 She was first elected to public office in 1996, to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County, and in 2000 she was elected to the U.S. House for West Virginia's 2nd District, where she served seven terms.3 Her campaign website says she chairs the Senate Republican Policy Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee and serves on the Appropriations and Commerce committees.3 She grew up in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle and earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from Duke University and a master's degree in education from the University of Virginia.3

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2021–nowU.S. Senator, WV2

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Energy and Climate

Electric vehicles

Her campaign website says that as chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee she works to roll back what it calls regulatory overreach, giving the end of California's electric vehicle mandate as an example.3

Technology, Privacy and AI

High-speed internet access

Her campaign website says her committee work helps West Virginia expand broadband access.3

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Shelley Moore Capito served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Shelley Moore Capito sponsored or cosponsored 42 of the 50. How bills die without a vote.

See all 50

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.56

Raised$5,449,866
Spent$4,690,155
Cash on hand$3,071,076

Where the money came from

Individual donors$2.9M · 53%
PACs and other political committees$2.0M · 38%
Political party committees$62K · 1%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$452K · 8%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$76 · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $646,894 supporting and $0 opposing Shelley Moore Capito this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 16, 2026.57

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
TAKE ME HOME WV ACTION$436,700—
AMERICAN MISSION$210,193—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.

Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Shelley Moore Capito at efdsearch.senate.gov58.