Capito, Shelley
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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.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Capito, Shelley
- First name
- Shelley
- Last name
- Capito
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- West Virginia U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S4WV00159
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S4WV00159
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S4WV00159
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:C001047
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4WV00159:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001047
- fec_candidate_id
- H0WV02138
- fec_candidate_ids
- H0WV02138,S4WV00159
- govtrack_id
- 400061
- wikidata_id
- Q459618