Biography
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving in her second term as the junior United States senator from West Virginia, a post she has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served seven terms as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2015. The daughter of three-term West Virginia governor Arch Alfred Moore Jr., she is the dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation.
Capito was the only Republican in West Virginia's congressional delegation until 2011, and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. She was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia and the first Republican to win a full term in the Senate from West Virginia since 1942. She was reelected in 2020, defeating Democratic nominee Paula Jean Swearengin, and becoming the first West Virginia Republican reelected to the Senate since 1907.
Since 2021, she has served as the ranking member of the Senate Environment Committee.
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The Words That Built America (2017)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1953-11-26 (71 years old)
Birth NameShelley Wellons Moore Capito
Birth PlaceGlen Dale, West Virginia, USA
ReligionPresbyterianism
ChildrenMoore Capito
FatherArch A. Moore
MotherShelley Riley Moore
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
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