Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · WV · U.S. Senate
Bio
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. She is the daughter of three-term West Virginia governor and six-term U.S. representative Arch Alfred Moore Jr.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 25.6 years
- Chambers
- House 14y, Senate 11.6y
- First took office
- 2001 (9 terms)
- Seniority
- 17 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 72
- Senate class
- 2 · senior senator
- Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair · 2023–2025
- Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair · 2025–present
- daughter of Arch Alfred Moore Jr.
- Martinsburg, WV · 304-262-9285
- Morgantown, WV · 304-292-2310
- Charleston, WV · 304-347-5372
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $1.8M – $5.4M
- Liabilities
- $965k – $2.0M
- Net worth
- −$248k – $4.4M
- Since 2018
- −$381k
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Shelley Moore Capito's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Shelley Moore Capito (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 29 membersCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Chairman)Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Defense
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administrationcenter · 17 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Capito's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Bad Timing or Bad Luck? Shelley Moore Capito Sold Apple and Coca‑Cola Before Big MovesThe trading activity of members of Congress continues to draw attention from retail investors. A Senator selling more stocks than buying could be something for investors to watch. Senator Shelley Moore Capito Sells Stocks Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) r…
Biztoc.com · August 7, 2026
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The New Republic · July 27, 2026
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Raw Story · July 23, 2026
250 Organizations Urge Senate: Put Americans’ Health Before Chemical Industry ProfitsToday, 250 organizations and groups from across the country urge leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to reject industry-led efforts to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act, America’s primary chemical safety law, and encourage Co…
Common Dreams · July 23, 2026
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