Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education of the Senate Budget Committee, prepares for a hearing on the proposed 15 percent cut to the Department of Education’s budget at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Senator Shelley Moore Capito is planning to run for re-election to the US Senate and is announcing her campaign with a video This shows their support for President Donald Trump and his agenda.
Capito, 72, is the fourth-highest ranking member of the Republican-controlled Senate and chairman the Environment and Public Works Committee.
“I ask for your vote so that I can continue to work with President Trump to strengthen our nation, care for West Virginia and our people, and stand up for our principles, our freedoms and our way of life in the Mountain State,” Capito said an announcement on Monday.
She is seeking re-election in 2026.
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, Capito is the first female U.S. senator in West Virginia history. She is the daughter of the three-time governor of West Virginia and a U.S. representative Arch Moore.
Trump has endorsed Capito’s re-election.
The campaign video said Capito supported the president’s approach to immigration and confirmed Trump’s nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court, building a conservative court.
Capito has also championed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the video announcement said West Virginia taxpayers would be able to keep more of their hard-earned money.
A independent Analysis by the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that many West Virginia households will see their taxes escalate compared to what they pay now, and that their report did not take into account the bill’s changes to Medicaid that will add costs 60,000 West Virginians lose coverage over the next decade.
Capito reportedly has more than $4 million in cash for her re-election bid Submissions with the Federal Election Commission.
A primary opponent, state Sen. Tom Willis, R-Berkeley, has about $156,000 in cash. Willis was recently appointed to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Other Republicans are registered to run for the U.S. Senate seat, including Alexander Gaaserud of Parkersburg and Janet McNulty of Martinsburg. According to the federal election documents, none of the candidates have any cash.
A Democratic challenger, Zach Shrewsbury, has $17,644 in cash on hand.
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