Shelley Moore Capito is the Republican Party candidate for the West Virginia U.S. Senate Race and is currently running for re-election, holding the seat since 2015. Capito served as a West Virginia State Delegate from 1996-2000. She then was a U.S. Representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district from 2001-2015.
Capito earned her bachelor’s degree in zoology from Duke University and her master’s degree in education from the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development.
She previously worked as a college counselor and advisor at West Virginia University and also served as director of the Educational Information Center for the West Virginia Board of Regents.