Shelley Moore Capito
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United States Senator from West Virginia |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 Serving with Joe Manchin |
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| Preceded by | Jay Rockefeller |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Wise |
| Succeeded by | Alex Mooney |
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Shelley Wellons Moore November 26, 1953 Glen Dale, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Capito |
| Children | 3 |
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Duke University (BA) University of Virginia (MEd) |
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Senate website Campaign website Official Facebook Shelley Moore Capito on Twitter |
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito /ˈkæpᵻtoʊ/ (born November 26, 1953) is the junior United States Senator from West Virginia. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2001 until her election to the United States Senate in 2014. She is the current dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation.
A graduate of Duke University and the University of Virginia, she is the daughter of the late Governor of West Virginia Arch Moore. Capito was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until 2011 and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito was elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in the history of West Virginia and the first Republican to win a full term in the Senate from West Virginia since 1942. She won mostly on large majorities in the counties along the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia borders.
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