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Shelley Moore Capito
Born November 26, 1953 (71 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | The First Step · as Self |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution |
| 2012 | Koch Brothers Exposed · as Self - West Virginia Representative |
| 2009 | State of the Union with Candy Crowley (TV Series) · as Self - West Virginia Senator |
| 2009 | Hannity (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 1996 | Your World (TV Series) · as Self - Phone Interview |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - Chair, Senate Gop Policy Committee |
| 1995 | US Squawk Box (TV Series) · as Self - Chairwoman, Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit |
| 1992 | To the Contrary (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self |