Shelley Moore Capito: Everything You Need to Know

Name: Shelley Moore Capito

Party: Republican

Date of Birth: November 26, 1953

Age: 62

What She Does Now: U.S. senator from West Virginia

What She Used to Do: Before winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2014, Capito served in the U.S. House for seven terms, from 2001 to 2015. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 1975 and a master’s in education from the University of Virginia in 1976, going on to work as a college counselor before serving in the West Virginia State House of Delegates from 1997 to 2001.

Hometown: Capito was born and attended elementary school in Glen Dale, West Virginia. She lists Charleston, West Virginia, as her hometown on Facebook.

Family Tree: For Capito, politics -- and statewide success in West Virginia -- runs in the family. She is the daughter of three-term governor Arch Moore, who drew national attention for his 1968 election in a state that typically voted for Democrats. His political career ended when he pleaded guilty to corruption charges in 1990. Moore died Jan. 7, 2015 -- the day after Capito was sworn in as West Virginia’s first female senator.

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