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U.S. Senator from West Virginia · Class II

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican 2nd term On 2026 ballot Chair · Environment and Public Works

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$5.4M raised · top PACs: Young Victory Committee, Heartland Values PAC, Altria Group Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 6 of 183 party-line votes (3%; most Republicans: 1%)
99LoyaltyMed 100
98AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 9
6BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2015–now
House 2001–2015
25 years in CongressMore senior than 83% of the Senate
Committees
  • Environment and Public Works Chair
  • Rules and Administration 3rd majority
  • Appropriations 7th majority
Age
72

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date5152933609156
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—22446769179

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Transportation and Public Works 13% 10%
Environmental Protection 6% 14%
Health 9% 24%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Transportation and Public Works and Energy; bills go to Health and Environmental Protection.

  • She talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works).
  • 29 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairEnvironment and Public Works CommitteeFull committee
ChairDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeAppropriations
ChairSenate Republican Policy CommitteeParty leadership · Since Jan 2025
MemberRules and Administration Committee3rd majority

+2 more on Background

Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, more senior than 83% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 25 years in Congress: more senior than 83% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Democratic bills

25% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Capito.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

25% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in her party: Armstrong and Boozman.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 25 · expected 50
Action in committee 6 · expected 8
Beyond committee 6 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 3 · expected 1
Became law 1 · expected 1 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 38 of 100 in the Senate

1.03expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

3 of 25 bills passed the Senate; 1 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 1.03 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 4949 (out of committee), S. 98 (became law), S. 2587 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.28

With her party on all 14 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 6 times (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.28, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 6 of 183.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Capito$5.4M raised50%38%9%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

53% of what she raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$5.4M raised, 38% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2020): won by 43.3 points.

171 PACs of the 381 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Young Victory Committee0% D
  2. Heartland Values0% D
  3. Altria Group23% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

181 bills

Capito voted Yea on 19, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 159 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.