Shelley Moore Capito
Bio | Shelley Moore Capito has been serving as the U.S. Senator for West Virginia since 2015 and is the current dean of West Virginia’s congressional delegation. Capito has also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates; she graduated from Duke University. |
Status and Position | Current US Senator of West Virginia |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, West Virginia |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election West Virginia 1 | West Virginia 1 | Yes | Running | 47.0% |
Campaign Financing | Capito has many donations from Leadership PACS, Retired, Securities & Investment, Lawyers/Law Firms, Health Professionals. Major investors are Powell Companies, Sullivan & Cromwell, Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs and FirstEnergy Corp. |
Voting Rights | Capito was a keynote speaker at a celebration for 100 years of women's right to vote. Has had no other positive or negative actions towards the right to vote to any group. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Capito is mostly against universal healthcare. Has stated that there are some things that are good about the Affordable Care Act, but not the socialistic coverage it promotes. Voted to repeal Affordable Care act in 2010. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Voted to cut the slush fund for Prevention and Public Health. Was heavily against Obamacare. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Has an anti-LGBT voting record. Voted to constitutionally define marriage as one-man-one-woman and voted to ban same sex marriage. Voted no to prohibiting discrimination in workplace based on sexual orientation. |
| Taxes | Against | Capito has backed reducing taxes and tax cutting bills/acts. Voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs act and eliminating marriage penalty. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs act and eliminating marriage penalty. |
| Abortion | Against | Capito is has a pro-life stance. Voted for the born alive abortions survivors act, pain capable unborn child protection act and vowed to defund planned parenthood. |
| Gun Control | Against | Capito is pro second amendment Voted against the selling of firearms to suspected terrorists act, fix gun checks and for the defend our capital act. Also voted for the prohibition of suing gun manufacturers and sellers for their guns being misused.. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted against the selling of firearms to suspected terrorists act, fix gun checks and for the defend our capital act. Also voted for the prohibition of suing gun manufacturers and sellers for their guns being misused.. |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Though has mixed views on abortion has voted against banning federal funding for family planning funding. |
| Welfare | For | Has backed opportunities to help people on welfare. Voted to maintain the work requirement for those on welfare, voted yes to section 8 housing vouchers and voted yes on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients |
| Welfare | For | Capito backs the use of embryonic stem cells from donations and expanding funding. |
| Death Penalty | For | Has voted for bills to enact death penalty. Voted for the death penalty for killing police officers. Has made no other comments or votes on this issue. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Voted for the First Steps Act but has made no other comment or major vote. |
| Military Spending | For | Capito has voted against the withhold of US assets from many countries. Voted for Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense and has voted against the withdrawal of troops and defense from many middle eastern countries. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Has voted against the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Voted Iraq to be apart of war on terror. Voted to withhold troops in Libya and voted for Mike Pompeo. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Capito is for international interactions. Is co sponsoring both the Hong Kong and Uyghur Human Rights policies, Voted for Mike Pompeo and voted for the countering American Adversaries through sanctions act. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has made clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | For | Is for free trade and markets. Capito has backed opening up markets with Peru, Chile and Australia. Proposed sanctions for those who manipulate currency and voted no on implementing CAFTA. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Nuance | Capito has received a 44% rating from the NAACP on the issue of affirmative action, indicating a mixed record. |
| Government Spending | Against | Capito has said that she believes that the federal government spends too much, and she would like to see reductions in some areas. |
| Charter Schools | For | Capito voted for a bill that would expand funding for charter schools in Washington DC. |
| Common Core | Against | Capito has voted for legislation that would abolish Common Core standards. Capito voted for the Every Student Succeeds act, which would abolish Common Core mandates. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Capito has emerged as an opponent to several clean energy initiatives and has generally been more supportive of conventional energy industries such as coal and oil. Capito was a strong critic of the Obama Administration's 'war on coal'. She has also voted against several pieces of legislation that would set limits on greenhouse gas use and CO2 emissions, as well as a bill that would offer tax incentives for the use of renewable energy. |
| Religious Freedom | Nuance | While Capito consistently votes for bills that protect the religious freedoms of Christian Americans, she has been criticized for not doing the same for all religions. Capito has backed religious freedom bills that would allow for discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religious or personal beliefs. However, the ACLU gave her only a rating of 7%, indicating a mixed record in this realm. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Capito has not made any statements on this specific issue. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Capito has not made any public statements on this issue. |
| Border Control | For | Capito is supportive of a number of pro-border security initiatives. Capito is a supporter of President Trump's proposal to construct a wall along the Southern border. She has also stated that border security ought to be a priority. She has also received a rating of 92% from US Border Control, a non-profit dedicated to promoting border security. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Capito has not made her position on this issue clear. |
| DACA | For | Capito believes that providing security for DACA recipients should be a priority alongside securing the border. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Nuance | Capito is supportive of securing borders and enforcing immigratory regulations, but has not specifically publicly opposed or supported sanctuary cities. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Capito is not supportive of legalizing recreational marijuana, but has not publicly spoken for or against the medical use of marijuana. |