Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Shelley Moore Capito

Official portrait of Shelley Moore Capito
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from West Virginia (class 2)
Leadership
Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair
Party
Republican
Born
1953
In Congress
House since 2001 · Senate since 2015 · 25 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
Next election
Primary June 9, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of West Virginia with the whole state highlighted

West Virginia

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · West VirginiaIncumbentWon the general election (70.28%)

FEC candidate ID S4WV00159 · Principal campaign committee: CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · West Virginia$5,449,866.00General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. Senate · West Virginia$4,945,799.43Won the general election (70.28%)
Total raised$4,945,799.43
Total spent$3,165,676.34
Cash on hand$2,470,530.34
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,434,918.77PACs and other committees: $2,116,500.00Party committees: $800.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $393,136.72Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $443.94
  • Individual contributions$2,434,918.7749%
  • PACs and other committees$2,116,500.0043%
  • Party committees$800.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$393,136.728%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$443.940%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

521 committees reported giving $2,106,943.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Shelley Moore Capito$12,242.68
  • Independent expenditures opposing Shelley Moore Capito$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Shelley Moore Capito$8,213.99

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

West Virginia U.S. Senate, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Shelley Moore Capito (R)$4,945,799.43$2,470,530.342020-12-31
Paula Jean Swearengin (D)$2,064,982.41$65,985.222020-12-31
Larry Allen Whitt II (R)$68,575.00$292.852020-09-30
Richard Ojeda (D)$36,770.78$0.002020-09-30
Richard Allen Robb (D)$25,832.80$2,449.232020-06-10

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Research America Inc.October 6–9, 2020450 (LV)± 4.6%Shelley Moore Capito 53% · Paula Jean Swearengin 33% · David Moran 5%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 13–14, 2017762 (V)± 3.4%Shelley Moore Capito 48% · Generic Democrat 35%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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