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Shelley Moore Capito

U.S. Senator (Class 2), WV

Republican West Virginia since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), WV current
West Virginia
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), WV
West Virginia
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District West Virginia
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District WV-2
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WV-2
West Virginia
Republican Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.285, social dim. 0.144. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Casey Mulligan to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrea Lucas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Kozma, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrea Lucas to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cheryl Mason to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Kozma to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gadyaces Serralta to be Director of the United States Marshals Service Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 34 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Nay Jul 30, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 41 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel. Nay Jul 30, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tyler Clarkson to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joseph Kent, of Washington, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National… Yea Jul 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jospeh Kent to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National… Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jul 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Thomas Gaiser to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Emil Bove III, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Services Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Samuel Brown to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs Yea Jul 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Susan Monarez, of Wisconsin, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Yea Jul 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Kimmitt to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Yea Jul 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Earl Matthews, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

886 recorded contributions totalling $1,245,414. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 359 of 886 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 40 $339,890 27%
Big donor 56 $210,400 17%
Super PAC 2 $12,291 1%
Small-dollar 261 $-38,444 -3%
Unclassified 527 $721,277 58%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$39,400 2024 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$38,500 2023 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,497 WINRED CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,130 WINRED CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,344 WINRED CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Nov 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$12,800 2024 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$12,300 2024 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,331 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Super PAC May 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$7,700 WINRED CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Corporate PAC Aug 12, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 MANDELBLATT, DANIELLE CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Big donor Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 MANOCHERIAN, KIM CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Big donor Mar 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 MANDELBLATT, ERIC CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Big donor Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 KAY, ALISON MS. CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Big donor Jun 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 MANOCHERIAN, JED MR. CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Big donor Feb 23, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 MANOCHERIAN, JENNIFER MS. CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA Big donor Feb 17, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

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