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Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito

RRepublicanWV · Senator
54
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 97
Independence24
Avg: 24
Bipartisan Tone20
Avg: 13
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency6
Avg: 46

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
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Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito

RepublicanWV · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Moderate (0.285)
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Shelley Moore Capito is a Republican Senator from WV. She has served 25 years in Congress across 9 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as moderate, voting with her party 75.5% of the time.

25
Years in Office
9
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

75.5%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
206 votes against party
2%
Missed Votesⓘ
858 total votes
20
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Shelley Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-2.4% vs avg
75.5%
Avg: 77.9%
Missed Votes-0.9% vs avg
2%
Avg: 2.9%
Bills Sponsored-16.1 vs avg
20
Avg: 36.1

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksChairSenate Committee on AppropriationsSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationSenate Committee on Rules and Administration

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-06-30

$4,377,201
Cash on Handⓘ
$4,624,145
Total Receiptsⓘ
$2,558,310
Disbursementsⓘ
$2,458,065
Individual Donors
$1,680,755
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2001–2015House · WV-2 · Republican
2015–PresentSenate · WV · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

WV · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

1,784,462
Population
$57,928
Median Income
42.0
Median Age
23.3%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 90.9%Black 3.3%Hispanic 2.0%Asian 0.8%