Official portrait of Shelley Moore Capito
U.S. Senate

Shelley Moore Capito

U.S. Senator from West Virginia

Party
Republican
In office since
January 6, 2015
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for U.S. Senate in West Virginia

Candidates registered with the FEC for the West Virginia Senate seat in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Shelley Moore CapitoIncumbentRepublican$6.5M$4.4M
Jonathan Derrick EvansRepublican$1.1M$61K
Thomas Edward Willis IIRepublican$642K$0
Zachary C. ShrewsburyDemocrat$516K$-2,854
Rachel Lee Fetty AndersonDemocrat$50K$22K
Rio PhillipsIndependent$14K$152

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through July 10, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments4
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksChairman
    • Transportation and InfrastructureEx Officio
    • Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightEx Officio
    • Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyEx Officio
    • Fisheries, Water, and WildlifeEx Officio
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
    • Department of Defense
    • Department of Homeland Security
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
    • Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
    • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related AgenciesChairman
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
    • Aviation, Space, and Innovation
    • Telecommunications and Media
    • Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
    • Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Earlier in Congress
  • U.S. Representative for West Virginia’s 2nd District 2001–2015
Contact
Washington office
170 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.