Senator · West Virginia
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito is a Republican senator from West Virginia, in Congress since 2001. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 17, and cast 819 of 825 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2001
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 1.9%17 of 915 · rank 55 of 101 | 99%819 of 825 · rank 47 of 101 | 291 became law | 28%102 of 359 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 4.5%31 of 691 · rank 42 of 101 | 85%440 of 519 · rank 93 of 101 | 220 became law | 46%216 of 467 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 3.2%30 of 949 · rank 43 of 100 | 73%539 of 739 · rank 94 of 100 | 240 became law | 54%229 of 427 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.28+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–67· Against party
- Mar 14, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 27–73· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67· Against party
- Feb 13, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 70–29· Against party
- Feb 12, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· Against party
- Nov 15, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–65· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
75 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced5675%
- Reported by committee79.3%
- Passed one chamber1115%
- Became law11.3%
Policy areas
- Health21
- Environmental Protection14
- Science, Technology, Communications7
- Taxation6
- Transportation and Public Works6
- Armed Forces and National Security4
- Crime and Law Enforcement2
- Emergency Management2
Latest activity
- S. 5653 A bill to prescribe permitting reform, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5243 A bill to provide for the automatic establishment of Trump accounts using information collected under the Enumeration at Birth Program of the Social Security Administration.Introduced· Social Welfare· Aug 5, 2026
- S. 5207 RCORP Authorization ActIntroduced· Health· Aug 3, 2026
- S. 4949 Water Resources Development Act of 2026Reported by committee· Water Resources Development· Jul 15, 2026
- S.Res. 750 A resolution recognizing "National Public Works Week" and the contributions of public works professionals.Passed one chamber· Transportation and Public Works· May 21, 2026
- S. 98 Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025Became law· Science, Technology, Communications· May 11, 2026
- S. 4221 Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act (EBITDA)Introduced· Taxation· Mar 26, 2026
- S. 4036 AADAPT ActIntroduced· Health· Mar 10, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Fisheries, Water, and WildlifeEx OfficioTransportation and InfrastructureEx Officio
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $4.6M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $4.4M
- From committees
- $2M
- 489 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $463.1K
- 119 PACs · 23% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac) | $10K | NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family | $2M |
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $10K | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac) | $10K | MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $125K |
| chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation | $10K | CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $713.4K |
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac) | $10K | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac) | $10K | DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $17.5M |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac) | $10K | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee | $10K | GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization | — |
| humana inc.humana inc. political action committee | $10K | HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $5.6B |
| bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac | $10K | BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family | — |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $4.6M | $2M | $463.1K119 PACs · 23% of committee money |
| 2024 | $1M | $682.4K | $181.2K68 PACs · 27% of committee money |
| 2022 | $862.9K | $509K | $128.4K49 PACs · 25% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- Senate · West VirginiaJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
- Senate · West VirginiaJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
- House · West Virginia's 2nd districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.capito.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-6472
- Office
- 170 Russell Senate Office Building
- Contact form
- Contact form
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.