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Shelley Wellons Moore Capito ( / ˈkæpɪtoʊ / KAP-ih-toh; born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving in her second term as the junior United States senator from West Virginia, a post she has held since 2015.
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito believes that today's challenges demand bipartisan solutions. She supports commonsense policies that promote economic growth, unleash energy potential, lift up working families, and build a better West Virginia for the next generation.
Jul 19, 2024 · Shelley Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953, Glen Dale, West Virginia, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and began representing West Virginia the following year. She was the first woman from the state to be elected senator.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito. 30,746 likes · 942 talking about this. Proudly representing West Virginia in the United States Senate.
Jul 19, 2016 · — -- Name: Shelley Moore Capito. Party: Republican. Date of Birth: November 26, 1953. Age: 62. What She Does Now: U.S. senator from West Virginia
After representing West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House for 14 years (2001 to 2015), Shelley Moore Capito became the first female elected to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate in 2014. In her historic victory, she won all 55 counties and received over 62% of the vote.
October 25, 2020 U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has been doing the people’s work of West Virginia for about 20 years inside the Washington, D.C., Beltway. She’s made a positive difference, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and now as a senator for the past six years.
Shelley Moore Capito was elected by the people of West Virginia to the United States Senate in 2014, and re-elected in 2020. Shelley became the first female Senator in West Virginia’s history and in 2020, was reelected with the largest margin of victory for a Republican in state history—winning more than 70 percent of the vote and all 55 ...
Nov 4, 2020 · CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Shelley Moore Capito has become the first West Virginia Republican to be reelected to the U.S. Senate in more than a century. Capito on Tuesday defeated progressive Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin, a coal miner’s daughter who lacked statewide political experience.