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Recorded September 27, 2022. 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.
Shelley Moore Capito (* 26. November 1953 in Glen Dale, Marshall County, West Virginia) ist eine US-amerikanische Politikerin. Seit Januar 2015 vertritt sie den Bundesstaat West Virginia im US-Senat; zuvor hatte sie seit 2001 für den zweiten Wahlbezirk West Virginias im Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten gesessen.
Capito is a Presbyterian and lives with his wife Liberty Vittert in Charleston, West Virginia. They have two children together. Moore is the son of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, the grandson of former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. and Shelley Riley Moore, and the cousin of Riley Moore. Electoral history
About Shelley. 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.
Incumbent senator Shelley Moore Capito won a second term against Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin by a margin of 43.3%, winning every county, and becoming the first West Virginia Republican to win reelection to the U.S. Senate since 1907.
12. Mai 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.
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.
