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West Virginia Senate

Tue, Nov 3 · Seat held by Shelley Moore Capito Republican since Jan 2015

Shelley Moore CapitoRepublican · IncumbentAge 72 · 25 years in Congress

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2020 general: Shelley Moore Capito (R) 70.3, Paula Jean Swearengin (D) 27.0, David Moran (L) 2.7

Rachel Fetty AndersonDemocratic
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West Virginia Senate: Rachel Fetty Anderson vs Shelley Moore Capito

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Total receipts, 2025-2026 cycle, through Oct 14
$5.4M
$165K
Cash on hand
$3.1M
$36K
Donor-based spectrum
LiberalCentristConservativeCapitoNo published score for Fetty Anderson
Races
Won 9 of 9
None listed
Years since first win
25
Not available
Age on Election Day
72
Not available
Where the money came from
Individuals
$2.9M
$125K
PACs and other committees
$2.0M
$3K
Party committees
$62K
$250
Candidate’s own money
$0
$12K
Loans from the candidate
$0
$25K

As each campaign reported to the FEC. Some money has no line here, so these may not add up to the total. Committees giving to Shelley Moore Capito. Committees giving to Rachel Fetty Anderson.

Money: FEC bulk data, through Oct 14. One or more are matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so a total could belong to someone else.

How these are counted

Total receipts line of each candidate’s principal campaign committee, 2025-2026 cycle. Other sites may show career, six-year or all-committee totals, which differ. Capito: $5,449,866 received, $3,071,076 cash on hand. Fetty Anderson: $164,558 received, $35,681 cash on hand. The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works. Wins and losses count the races in our results files, the same as each profile.

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Candidates on the ballot

Some names come from filing lists and may not be on the ballot.

Source: candidates.wvsos.gov, dated Oct 28

Seat on the ballot, shift from 2014 to 2020: 15.7 points toward Republicans (Republican by 27.6 in 2014, Republican by 43.3 in 2020).

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Official results for West Virginia

History (18 elections for this seat)

1976 to 2024: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source

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Election Wrld. (2026). US Senate in West Virginia, election results. https://www.electionwrld.com/wv/us-senate. Retrieved October 31, 2026.

Sources

Sources: U.S. Senate: senators contact information XML (class per senator) (US government work, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024 (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; unitedstates/congress-legislators (current) (CC0-1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns, not an official source.

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DataState data (JSON)Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Portraits: unitedstates/images (public domain), Photo creditsData as of Oct 28, 2026