Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Wellons Moore Capito was born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, the daughter of Shelley (née Riley) and Arch Alfred Moore Jr., who served three terms as the state's governor. A resident of Charleston, Capito was educated at the Holton-Arms School, a private college-preparatory school in Bethesda, Maryland;{{cite magazine| author = | title = News and Noted| url = https://www.holton-arms.edu/community/campus-news-publications/doorways| magazine = Doorways: Holton-Arms School Magazine| volume = Summer 2018| location = Bethesda, MD| publisher = Holton-Arms School| page = 5| access-date= September 27, 2018}} Duke University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in zoology; and the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, where she earned her master's degree.{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?189201-1/qa-shelley-moore-capito |title=Transcript of interview with Rep. Shelley Moore Capito |publisher=Q & A |date=October 30, 2005 |access-date=2014-11-29}} She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority{{cite web |last=Huston |first=Andy |url=http://www.nicindy.org/blog/23-of-house-41-of-senate-is-greek/ |title=23% of House & 41% of Senate is Greek |publisher=North-American Interfraternity Conference |access-date=2013-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213161053/http://www.nicindy.org/blog/23-of-house-41-of-senate-is-greek/ |archive-date=2012-12-13 }} and represented West Virginia as the 1972 Cherry Blossom Princess.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/20816-queens-of-the-cherry-blossoms/ |title=Queens of the cherry blossoms |date=March 18, 2008 |work=The Hill |access-date=2015-05-06}}

After earning her master's degree, Capito was a career counselor at West Virginia State University and director of the educational information center for the West Virginia Board of Regents.{{cite web |url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/940 |title=Biography, Shelley Moore Capito |last=Wallace |first=Jim |date=November 23, 2016 |website=West Virginia Encyclopedia |publisher=West Virginia Humanities Council |location=Charleston, WV}}

Capito was elected to Kanawha County's seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1996, and served two terms, from 1996 to 2000.

File:Shelley Moore Capito introduces President George W. Bush during his visit to West Virginia.jpg George W. Bush in 2004]]

When U.S. Representative Bob Wise ran for governor in 2000, Capito ran as a Republican for the open seat in West Virginia's 2nd district.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvnews.com/theet/news/local/shelley-moore-capito-making-history-as-female-senator-in-more/article_69394fb2-9102-11e4-afe1-9fdc3ae002c2.html|title=Shelley Moore Capito making history as female senator in more ways than one|last=Davis|first=Jim |website=WV News|date=December 31, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/us/the-2000-elections-congress-new-in-the-house.html|title=THE 2000 ELECTIONS: CONGRESS; New in the House|date=2000-11-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} She defeated the Democratic nominee, lawyer Jim Humphreys, by two percentage points.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-10-30-0210300177-story.html|title=House race in W. Va. poses big test|last=Greene|first=David L.|website=baltimoresun.com|date=October 30, 2002 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}} She was the first Republican to represent West Virginia in Congress since 1983,{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2014/11/02/women-elections-historic-governor-senate/81206124/|title=Women poised to break glass ceiling on Election Day|website=USA Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}} as well as the first woman elected to Congress from West Virginia who was not the widow of a member of Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84244.html|title=Capito may keep coal in conversation|last=Martinson|first=Erica|website=Politico|date=November 27, 2012 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}

Capito was reelected, defeating Humphreys again, 60%–40%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/07/us/the-2002-elections-northeast-west-virginia.html|title=The 2002 Elections: Northeast; West Virginia|last1=Christian|first1=Nichole M.|date=2002-11-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-17|last2=Cushman|first2=John H. Jr.|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last3=Day|first3=Sherri|last4=Dillon|first4=Sam|last5=Lewis|first5=Neil A.|last6=Pear|first6=Robert|last7=Pristin|first7=Terry|last8=Shenon|first8=Philip|last9=Steinberg|first9=Jacques}}

Capito was reelected to a third term, defeating former newscaster Erik Wells 57%–41%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/11/04/the-mid-atlantic/87384404-9568-4b89-acd7-90366871bb64/|title=The Mid-Atlantic|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-10-17|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}

File:Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, in red, meets with U.S. Air Force Col. Jerome Gouhin, left, the commander of the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, at a Federal Emergency Management Agency 140111-Z-HL234-002.jpg contingent and U.S. Air Force Col. Jerome Gouhin.]]

{{See also|2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia#District 2}}

Capito was mentioned as a possible challenger to Senator Robert Byrd in 2006, but opted to run for reelection to the House.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/51-capito-weighs-byrd-challenge-in-06/|title=Capito weighs Byrd challenge in '06|last=Savodnik|first=Peter|date=2005-03-08|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}} She was reelected to a fourth term, defeating West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Callaghan, 57%–43%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.register-herald.com/archives/big-daddy-byrd-breaks-senate-record/article_9f5378c6-69fc-5988-a06a-c2b25475f834.html|title='Big Daddy' Byrd breaks Senate record|last=Breen|first=Tom|website=Beckley Register-Herald|date=November 8, 2006 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}}

{{See also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia#District 2}}

Capito was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Anne Barth, a former aide to Byrd, 57%–43%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/results/states/west-virginia.html|title=West Virginia - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times|website=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-17}}

{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia#District 2}}

Capito was mentioned as a possible challenger to Joe Manchin for the vacated United States Senate seat of the late Robert Byrd.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/07/21/128674420/capito-won-t-run-in-west-virginia-but-hechler-95-will|title=Capito Won't Run For The Senate In West Virginia, But Hechler, 95, Will|website=NPR|date=July 21, 2010|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17|last1=Rudin|first1=Ken}} She decided against a Senate bid, and was reelected to a sixth term, defeating Virginia Lynch Graf,{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/540826/Capito-wins-big--Rahall-bests-former-justice.html?nav=5061|title=Capito wins big, Rahall bests former justice|date=November 2, 2010|publisher=Parkersburg News and Sentinel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327013845/http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/540826/Capito-wins-big--Rahall-bests-former-justice.html?nav=5061|archive-date=27 March 2014|access-date=2013-04-14}} 68%–30%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2010/results/west-virginia.html|title=West Virginia - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times|website=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-17}}

{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia#District 2}}

After redistricting, Capito was challenged in the Republican primary. She defeated Delegate Jonathan Miller and Michael Davis.{{cite news|title=WVa US Rep Shelley Moore Capito overcomes rare GOP primary challenge in bid for 7th term|url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3009a07fd299494da45ce8ec0fabb7d3/WV-WVa-Primary-2nd-District-GOP/|access-date=14 May 2012|newspaper=Associated Press|date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516195706/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3009a07fd299494da45ce8ec0fabb7d3/WV-WVa-Primary-2nd-District-GOP/|archive-date=16 May 2012}} She was reelected to a seventh term, defeating former gubernatorial aide Howard Swint, 70%–30%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/states/west-virginia.html?|title=West Virginia|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-17|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

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Capito is a former chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-06-02/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-shelley-moore-capito|title=10 Things to Know About Shelley Moore Capito|last=Austin|first=Shelbi|date=2 June 2017|website=US News}} and a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus, Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=20 March 2025}} and the Afterschool Caucuses.{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyCongressionalCaucuses.cfm|publisher=Afterschool Alliance|access-date=23 March 2018}}{{Better source needed|date=January 2020}} After the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Capito founded the Congressional Coal Caucus.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/201004120920|title=She is also a founding member of the Congressional Coal Caucus|date=13 April 2010|newspaper=Charleston Daily Mail|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121112521/http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/201004120920|archive-date=21 January 2013}}{{cite news |title=As the Climate Changes, Voters Go for Coal |first=David |last=Firestone |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=September 30, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/as-the-climate-changes-voters-go-for-coal/}}

Capito served on the House Page Board during the Mark Foley congressional page incident, in which Foley, a Republican representative from Florida, sent sexually explicit messages to teenage boys who had previously served as congressional pages. According to Capito, she wasn't aware of Foley's conduct until informed by the press.{{cite news|last=Reilly|first=Tara|url=http://articles.herald-mail.com/2006-10-04/news/25062728_1_house-page-board-male-pages-mark-foley|title=Local Republicans sound off on page scandal|date=4 October 2006|newspaper=The Herald-Mail|access-date=18 September 2013|archive-date=March 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327015729/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2006-10-04/news/25062728_1_house-page-board-male-pages-mark-foley|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/key-figure-in-foley-case-testifies/|title=Key Figure In Foley Case Testifies|date=11 February 2009|website=CBS News|access-date=18 September 2013}}

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On November 26, 2012, Capito announced her candidacy for the United States Senate in 2014, intending to challenge Democratic incumbent Jay Rockefeller,{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84211.html?hp=f3 |title=Shelley Moore Capito makes Senate bid vs. Jay Rockefeller official |first=David |last=Catanese |publisher=Politico |date=November 25, 2012 |access-date=2013-04-14}} who subsequently announced his retirement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/jay-rockefeller-to-retire-86054.html|title=Jay Rockefeller to retire|last=Bresnahan|first=John|website=Politico|date=January 11, 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}} Despite initial protests from Tea Party groups and anti-establishment conservatives that her House voting record was "too liberal",Catanese, David. "[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84240.html GOP split resurfaces after Shelley Moore Capito announcement]." Politico.com. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2014-11-08. Capito won 87% of the Republican primary vote,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2014/results/primaries/west-virginia|title=West Virginia Primary Election Results|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and defeated Democratic Secretary of State Natalie Tennant in the general election, 62% to 34%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-to-be-first-w-va-woman-in-u-s/article_f9adf9b1-0c0d-558c-a990-e2dd007336e4.html|title=Capito to be first W.Va. woman in U.S. Senate|last=Gutman|first=David|website=Charleston Gazette-Mail|date=November 4, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}

{{Main|2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia}}

In her 2020 reelection campaign, Capito easily defeated Republican primary challengers Allen Whitt and Larry Butcher, before facing Democratic nominee Paula Jean Swearengin in the general election.{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Charles |title=Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin will face incumbent U.S. Sen. Capito in November election |url=https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/democrat-paula-jean-swearengin-will-face-incumbent-u-s-sen-capito-in-november-election/article_68b01514-a54d-5426-b681-4b5e5c9bf002.html |website=WV News |date=July 5, 2020 |language=en}} Swearengin, a progressive activist whose 2018 U.S. Senate campaign was featured in the Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, defeated state senator Richard Ojeda and former South Charleston mayor Richie Robb in the Democratic primary race.{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate Candidate Paula Jean Swearengin wins W.Va. Democratic primary |url=https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/US-Senate-Candidate-Paula-Jean-Swearengin-wins-WVa-Democratic-primary-571151831.html |website=WSAZ News |date=June 10, 2020 |language=en}}

In the November general election, Capito defeated Swearengin with over 70% of the vote.{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Madison |last2=Cranley |first2=Ellen |title=West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito defends her Senate seat from Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/west-virginia-senate-election-2020-live-vote-counts-results-2020-10 |website=Business Insider}}

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On January 5, 2016, Mitch McConnell appointed Capito as counsel to the majority leader, along with Rob Portman and Deb Fischer.{{cite news|last1=Everett|first1=Burgess|title=Trump to Senate GOP: I get your concerns|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-meets-senate-republicans-223118|access-date= 14 May 2016|work=Politico|date= 12 May 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.register-herald.com/news/capito-named-of-counsels-to-majority-leader-mcconnell/article_87e45436-3296-5e9f-85a1-b1bf2d4294ad.html|title=Capito named 1 of 4 counsels to Majority Leader McConnell|last=Plummer|first=Sarah|date=6 January 2015|website=Beckley Register-Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}

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Capito has voted with her party 96% of the time.{{cite news|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/C001047|title=Shelley Moore Capito (R)|work=U.S. Congress Votes Database|publisher=The Washington Post}} She is considered relatively moderate and has crossed the aisle on some votes.{{Cite book|title=The Almanac of American Politics|edition=2016|last1=Barnes|first1=James A.|last2=Keating|first2=Holland|last3=Charlie|first3=Cook|last4=Michael|first4=Barone|last5=Louis|first5=Jacobson|last6=Louis|first6=Peck|isbn=9781938518317|oclc=927103599}}{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2019/06/16/capito-manchin-rank-among-most-bipartisan-senators/|title=Capito, Manchin rank among most bipartisan senators|date=2019-06-17|website=WV MetroNews|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}} In 2017, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that Capito was one of the three most moderate Republican senators according to a study by DW-NOMINATE.{{Cite news|last1=Pear|first1=Robert|last2=Kaplan|first2=Thomas|date=2017-07-13|title=Senate Republicans Unveil New Health Bill, but Divisions Remain|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/us/politics/senate-republican-health-care-bill.html|access-date=2020-05-11|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last1=Parlapiano|first1=Alicia|last2=Benzaquen|first2=Mercy|date=2017-06-22|title=Where Senators Stand on the Health Care Bill|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-health-care-whip-count.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-health-care-whip-count.html|access-date=2020-05-11|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|title=Where the ideological line was drawn in the Republican health-care vote|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/25/where-the-ideological-line-was-drawn-in-the-republican-health-care-vote/|last=Bump|first=Philip|date=July 25, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}} In 2023, The Lugar Center and McCourt School of Public Policy ranked Capito in the top fifth among senators for bipartisanship.{{Cite web |title=Our Work |url=https://www.thelugarcenter.org/ourwork-85.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.thelugarcenter.org}} According to FiveThirtyEight, as of January 2023, Capito had voted with President Biden's position about 56% of the time.{{Cite web|last=Bycoffe|first=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron|date=2021-04-22|title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422123731/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2021|access-date=2021-05-07|website=FiveThirtyEight|language=en}}

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In 2016, Capito raised concerns about Trump's tone and rhetoric during his presidential campaign.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/sasse-attend-trump-meeting|title=Top Republican Senators to Skip Trump Meeting|last1=Bowman|first1=Bridget|date=2016-07-07|work=Roll Call|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en}} After the Access Hollywood tape emerged, Capito said he should "reexamine his candidacy".{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-widely-condemned-republican-leaders-legislators-n662446|title=These 51 GOP leaders say Trump should not be president|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en}} But she later said she supported Trump for president.{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2016/10/13/capito-says-she-still-supports-trump-for-president/|title=WV MetroNews – Capito still supports Trump for president|website=wvmetronews.com|date=October 13, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-14}} In 2020, Capito said she would be "impartial" and "fair" to both sides during Trump's Senate trial after his second impeachment,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-says-she-will-remain-impartial-for-senate-trial/article_a94ae375-1519-5ee3-a44d-12775ea486c9.html|title=Capito says she will remain impartial for Senate trial|first=Joe|last= Severino |website=Charleston Gazette-Mail|date=January 19, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}} and voted to acquit him. According to FiveThirtyEight, she had voted with the Trump administration's position 94.9% of the time.{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/shelley-moore-capito/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005160756/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/shelley-moore-capito/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2017|title=Tracking Shelley Moore Capito In The Age Of Trump|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=2017-01-30|work=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en-US}}

As of November 19, 2020, Capito had not publicly acknowledged that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, though it had been called by all major media and analysts.{{Cite web|last=Kercheval|first=Hoppy|date=2020-11-19|title=Capito, Justice Not Yet Ready to Accept Outcome of Presidential Race|url=https://wvmetronews.com/2020/11/19/capito-justice-not-yet-ready-to-accept-outcome-of-presidential-race/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=WV MetroNews|language=en-US}} By November 23, she issued a statement recognizing that Biden would be the next president.{{Cite web|author=Paul LeBlanc|title=More GOP senators back transition as GSA recognizes Biden's win|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/shelley-moore-capito-trump-2020-election/index.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=CNN|date=November 23, 2020 }}{{Cite web|title=Capito joins GOP legislators in urging transition; GSA makes resources available to Biden |url=https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/capito-joins-gop-legislators-in-urging-transition-gsa-makes-resources-available-to-biden|access-date=2020-12-06|website=www.capito.senate.gov|language=en}} By December 5, she was among only 27 congressional Republicans to acknowledge Biden as the winner of the election.{{Cite news|last1=Kane|first1=Paul|last2=Clement|first2=Scott|date=December 5, 2020|title=Just 27 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden's win, Washington Post survey finds|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-who-won-election-republicans-congress/2020/12/04/1a1011f6-3650-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|last=Higgins-Dunn|first=Noah|date=2020-12-05|title=Most Republican lawmakers still won't acknowledge Biden's win over Trump, report says|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/05/only-25-republican-lawmakers-have-acknowledged-bidens-win-over-trump-report-.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=CNBC|language=en}} Trump subsequently attacked them, calling them RINOs.{{Cite web|last=Goldiner|first=Dave|title=Trump targets 25 'RINO's' in Congress who admit he lost election|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-republican-congress-election-rino-20201205-lglsx7fte5govlpnz6vpsiiixu-story.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=New York Daily News|date=December 5, 2020 }}{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Jordan|date=2020-12-05|title=Trump demands names of the congressional Republicans who said they recognize Biden as winner|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/528899-trump-demands-names-of-the-congressional-republicans-who-said-they/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Hill|language=en}}

On May 28, 2021, Capito voted against creating the January 6 commission.{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/}} Asked about Trump's future role in the Republican Party, she said she partially blamed him for the "insurrection" and did not think he would be the Republican nominee for president in 2024.{{Cite web|first=Charles|last=Young |title=West Virginia Sen. Capito: Trump not likely to be GOP nominee in 2024|url=https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-sen-capito-trump-not-likely-to-be-gop-nominee-in-2024/article_679450a4-3271-11ec-b7f8-47d7578f9da2.html|access-date=2021-10-22|website=WV News|date=October 21, 2021 |language=en}} Capito eventually endorsed Trump in the 2024 election.{{Cite web |title=E&E News: Capito, a top environment lawmaker, endorses Trump |url=https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/01/30/capito-a-top-environment-lawmaker-endorses-trump-00138431 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=subscriber.politicopro.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=McElhinny |first=Brad |date=2024-03-24 |title=Former VP Pence 'cannot in good conscience' endorse Trump - but Capito can |url=https://wvmetronews.com/2024/03/24/former-vp-pence-says-he-wont-endorse-trump-capito-gives-different-reasons-for-her-support-of-trump/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=WV MetroNews |language=en-US}}

Capito is a sponsor of the Gender Advancement in Pay (GAP) Act,{{Clarify|date=September 2020}} saying, "it should be common sense that women and men get equal pay for equal work" and expressing concern about sex discrimination against women in the workplace.{{cite press release|last= Capito|first=Shelley Moore|title=Op-Ed by Shelley Moore Capito on Equal Pay|url=https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/op-ed-by-sens-shelley-moore-capito-and-kelly-ayotte-fight-pay-discrimination|date=2016}} She is a sponsor of the Rural Access to Hospice Act to improve the quality, access, and retention of hospice facilities in rural parts of the nation.{{cite web|url=http://hospiceactionnetwork.org/rural-access-to-hospice-act-introduced/|title=Rural Access to Hospice Act introduced|website=hospiceactionnetwork.org|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=May 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519200810/http://hospiceactionnetwork.org/rural-access-to-hospice-act-introduced/|url-status=dead}} She opposes the Freedom to Vote Act which, among other reforms, would establish Election Day as a public holiday and "ensure states have early voting for federal elections, overhaul how congressional districts are redrawn and impose new disclosures on donations to outside groups active in political campaigns."{{Cite web|first=Charles |last=Boothe|title=Capito reflects on Trump, Freedom to Vote Act|url=https://www.register-herald.com/news/state_region/capito-reflects-on-trump-freedom-to-vote-act/article_3eee9f22-6b3a-5b79-ba69-e32b9afe9ae4.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Beckley Register-Herald|date=October 21, 2021 |language=en}} File:Shelley Moore Capito CPAC 2013-1.jpg in 2013]] On social policy, the National Journal gave Capito a score of 54% conservative and 43% liberal.

Capito has a mixed record on LGBT issues. The Human Rights Campaign gave her a score of 30% in the 113th Congress and 64% in the 114th Congress.{{Cite web|url=http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/114thCongressionalScorecard.pdf|title=Congressional Scorecard: Measuring Support for Equality in the 114th Congress|date=2016|publisher=Human Rights Campaign}} She received a 0% score in the 115th Congress and a 10% in the 116th Congress.{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en|access-date=2019-03-30}}{{Cite web|title=Congressional Scorecard|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/congressional-scorecard|access-date=2020-12-15|website=HRC|language=en-US}}

In 2004 and 2006, Capito voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment, which intended to ban same-sex marriage in the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Shelley_Moore_Capito.htm|title=Shelley Moore Capito on the Issues|website=www.ontheissues.org|access-date=2018-05-24}} But in 2015, she said she believed marriage was a state issue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/capito-statement-on-supreme-court-decision-on-same-sex-marriage|title=Capito Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage |website=www.capito.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-02-16}} In 2007 Capito voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and against repealing the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11701/shelley-capito/76/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity#.W2OT0tJKiUk|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-02}}

In 2009, Capito voted for the 2009-2010 Defense Appropriations bill, which expanded the legal definition of a hate crime to include crimes committed because of someone's gender identity. Also that year, she voted against legislation that defined hate crimes as including those committed because of someone's sexual orientation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Shelley_Moore_Capito_Crime.htm|title=Shelley Moore Capito on Crime|website=www.ontheissues.org|access-date=2018-05-24}} In 2013, she voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which includes provisions to assist victims regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and prohibits funding programs that discriminate.

In 2015, Capito voted for an amendment to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act that provided support and protections for LGBT youth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00159|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 1st Session|website=www.senate.gov|access-date=2018-05-24}} In 2015, she voted to give same-sex married couples access to Social Security and veterans' benefits.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/senate-gop-plays-it-safe-on-gay-rights-vote-117015|title=Senate GOP plays it safe on gay rights vote|work=Politico|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/same-sex-marriage-benefits-endorsed-on-senate-floor|title=Same-Sex Marriage Benefits Endorsed on Senate Floor (Updated)|last1=Dennis|first1=Steven T.|date=2015-03-27|work=Roll Call|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en}} In 2017, Capito disagreed with President Trump's use of Twitter to announce a ban on transgender troops in the military, saying, "we should be thankful for any American who selflessly serves our country to defend our freedoms."{{Cite web|title=Capito, Manchin reject Trump tweet on transgender soldiers|url=https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/07/capito-manchin-reject-trump-tweet-on-transgender-soldiers/|website=newsandsentinel.com/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}{{Cite web|title=Manchin against Trump transgender ban|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2017/07/26/manchin-against-trump-transgender-ban/|date=2017-07-27|website=WV MetroNews|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}} In 2021, she released a statement that she opposed the inclusion of trans youth in the sporting programs of their gender identity; in particular, she opposed the inclusion of trans girls in girls' sporting teams and introduced legislation to ban trans girls from participating.{{Cite web|title=Capito signs on to "protection" of women, girls in sports|url=https://www.register-herald.com/news/state_region/capito-signs-on-to-protection-of-women-girls-in-sports/article_7dd08749-5a07-5372-8912-f4bb59afbb77.html|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Beckley Register-Herald|date=February 8, 2021 |language=en}}

In response to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Capito said, "While I would have preferred that the Supreme Court leave this decision to the states, it is my hope that all West Virginians will move forward and continue to care for and respect one another."{{cite web|url=http://www.statejournal.com/story/29416288/us-supreme-court-extends-same-sex-marriage-nationwide|title=WV Reacts: US Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide|publisher=The State Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629214948/http://www.statejournal.com/story/29416288/us-supreme-court-extends-same-sex-marriage-nationwide|archive-date=29 June 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=4 May 2016}} In November 2022, Capito was one of 12 Republicans voting to advance legislation, the Respect for Marriage Act, to codify same-sex marriage into federal law; referring to civil same-sex marriage as a "civil partnership," Capito said that the "legislation will allow those who have entered into a civil partnership since the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, to continue to have their partnerships respected for federal benefit purposes."{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Sen. Capito a 'yes' on same-sex marriage test vote |url=https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginias-sen-capito-a-yes-on-same-sex-marriage-test-vote/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=WBOY.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Capito Votes to Advance Consideration of the Respect for Marriage Act, Plans to Support Substitute Amendment |url=https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/capito-votes-to-advance-consideration-of-the-respect-for-marriage-act-plans-to-support-substitute-amendment |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.capito.senate.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Trish |title=Historic same-sex marriage bill advances in Senate |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-poised-pass-historic-sex-interracial-marriage-bill/story?id=93293889 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=ABC News |language=en}} She voted for the final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act on November 29, 2022.{{Cite news |last1=Bustillo |first1=Ximena |last2=Sei |first2=Juma |date=2022-11-29 |title=Senate passes bill to protect same-sex marriages |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139676719/same-sex-marriages-bill-senate-vote |access-date=2022-11-30}}{{Cite web |last=Herlihy |first=Brianna |date=2022-11-29 |title=Senate passes same-sex marriage bill with bipartisan support |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-passes-same-sex-bill-bipartisan-support |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

Capito had described herself as "pro-choice," or pro-abortion rights, but has a mixed record on abortion.{{Cite journal|last=Sutton|first=David|date=2001|title=No Tennessee Waltz In Appalachia: The Elections of 2000|journal=Appalachian Journal|volume=28|issue=3|pages=294–303|jstor=40934101|issn=0090-3779}}{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/11701/shelley-capito|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.virginia.edu/content/curry-school-education-graduate-and-politician-shelley-moore-capito-named-womens-centers|title=Curry School of Education Graduate and Politician Shelley Moore Capito Named Women's Center's 2009 Distinguished Alumna|date=2009-04-06|website=UVA Today|language=en|access-date=2020-03-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-congresswoman-capito-to-run-for-rockefellers-senate-seat-in-2014|title=Republican congresswoman Capito to run for Rockefeller's Senate seat in 2014|date=2015-03-26|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-04}} She had previously been among the few Republican senators who publicly supported Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision ruling abortion bans unconstitutional.{{Cite web|date=2018-07-05|title=Trump's Supreme Court Pick May Turn on Outliers in Both Parties|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/trump-s-supreme-court-pick-may-turn-on-outliers-in-both-parties|access-date=2018-10-10|website=Bloomberg}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/7/9/17549818/brett-kavanaugh-senate-confirmation|title=The key senators to watch for Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation|work=Vox|access-date=2018-10-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2013/09/13/rep-shelley-moore-capito-moderate-or-loyalist-237942.html|title=Moderate or Loyalist?|author=Eleanor Clift|date=September 13, 2013|website=Newsweek}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-democrats-are-furious-about-trump-and-the-supreme-court-they-have-only-obama-to-blame/|title=Liz Peek: Democrats are furious about Trump and the Supreme Court – They have only Obama to blame|last=Peek|first=Liz|date=2018-07-06|work=Fox News|access-date=2018-07-06|language=en-US}} But in 2020, she declared her support for March for Life, an anti-abortion movement,{{Citation |title=Why our pro-life, female Senators are marching for life #WhyWeMarch | date=January 27, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoX-mYKL3Zs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/NoX-mYKL3Zs |language=en |access-date=2020-02-14 |archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} and in 2022, she reversed her position on Roe, saying she believes states should be free to ban abortion.{{Cite web |title=Capito: Supreme Court leak intent was to 'galvanize' the left |url=https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/capito-supreme-court-leak-intent-was-to-galvanize-the-left |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.capito.senate.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |first=Charles |last=Boothe |title=Capito: Supreme Court leak intent was to 'galvanize' the left |url=https://www.bdtonline.com/news/capito-supreme-court-leak-intent-was-to-galvanize-the-left/article_d0e5c266-ccc4-11ec-b5f3-7fee9ec5e56d.html |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Bluefield Daily Telegraph |date=May 6, 2022 |language=en}} She supports legal abortion in cases when the pregnant patient's health is at risk and said abortions should be rare.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-14 |title=Sen. Capito says abortions should be rare and votes against codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law |url=https://www.wtrf.com/news/west-virginia-headlines/sen-capito-says-abortions-should-be-rare-and-votes-against-codifying-roe-v-wade-into-federal-law/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=WTRF |language=en-US}} She has mixed ratings from anti-abortion organizations opposing abortion and abortion rights organizations advocating legal abortion.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/11701/shelley-capito/2#.W72Kr5NKiSM|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/11701/shelley-capito/75#.W72Ky5NKiSM|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-10}} In 2002, her third-largest contributor was The WISH List, an abortion rights PAC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00009771&cycle=2002&recs=100&type=I|title=Rep. Shelley Moore Capito - West Virginia District 02 | publisher=OpenSecrets}} In 2000, she received support from Republicans for Choice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00241083&cycle=2000|title=Republicans for Choice Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2000 cycle |website=www.opensecrets.org|access-date=2020-03-02}} She has been endorsed by West Virginians for Life, an anti-abortion PAC, the WISH List, and by Republican Majority for Choice, an abortion rights PAC.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-manchin-confound-labels-on-abortion/article_52d0c78b-2048-5331-87f6-d8c65a38a0b7.html|title=Capito, Manchin confound labels on abortion|last=Gutman|first=David|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewishlist.org/2007-2008_Candidates.htm|title=The History Of WISH |website=The Wish List|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00346635&cycle=2014|title=Republican Majority for Choice Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2014 cycle |website=www.opensecrets.org|access-date=2020-03-02}}

Capito voted against federal funding for abortion and for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, but against banning family-planning funding in US aid. She previously opposed the Hyde Amendment, but now supports it.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Shelley_Moore_Capito_Abortion.htm|title=Shelley Moore Capito on Abortion|website=www.ontheissues.org|access-date=2016-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll115.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 115|date=May 16, 2001|website=clerk.house.gov}} She supported federal funding for family planning in the House{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll533.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 533|date=June 21, 2007|website=clerk.house.gov}} but voted to require parental consent for minors seeking an abortion.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11701/shelley-capito/2/abortion#.WvkF1LTBQUV|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-14}} She opposed banning funds for mifepristone, the "abortion pill".{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll445.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 445|date=June 16, 2011|website=clerk.house.gov}} She voted for spending bills funding Planned Parenthood and against a bill to defund it, but has also voted to defund Planned Parenthood.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/capito-votes-against-straight-repeal-of-aca/article_87b450a2-f6b6-5b12-a903-0168c478b542.html|title=Capito votes against straight repeal of ACA|last=Zuckerman|first=Jake|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/us/politics/the-3-republican-women-who-doomed-a-senate-repeal-of-the-health-law.html|title=The 3 Republicans Who Doomed a Senate Repeal of the Health Law|work=The New York Times |date=July 18, 2017 |access-date=2018-10-12|language=en|last1=Huetteman |first1=Emmarie }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtap.com/content/news/WVa-Senator-Shelley-Moore-Capito-shares-support-of-recent-government-funding-bill-421189623.html|title=Senator Capito backs recent government funding bill|last=Robinson|first=Lexus|website=www.wtap.com|date=May 3, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526733780/senate-approves-1-trillion-spending-bill-to-keep-federal-government-open|title=Senate Approves $1 Trillion Spending Bill To Keep Federal Government Open|website=NPR|date=May 3, 2017|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18|last1=Bennett|first1=Geoff}} She is against bans on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy,{{Cite news|last=Laslo|first=Matt|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-steve-king-laid-the-groundwork-for-the-current-anti-abortion-movement|title=Steve King: I'm the Pied Piper of the Anti-Abortion Movement|date=2019-05-31|access-date=2019-06-20|language=en}} but supports banning abortion after 20 weeks.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/abortion-ban-bill-fails-to-advance-in-the-senate/2018/01/29/98ad2c0e-0518-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html|title=Abortion ban bill fails to advance in the Senate|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|date=29 January 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}} She voted with her party in 2018 to ban federal funding for facilities that promote abortion.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/63962#.W5a0CEZKiUk|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-10}} Capito supports other anti-abortion legislation supported by her party.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/311/text|title=Text - S.311 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act|last=Sasse|first=Ben|date=2020-02-25|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2020-03-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00058|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 2nd Session|website=www.senate.gov|access-date=2020-03-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://wvpress.org/breaking-news/u-s-sen-capito-issues-statement-on-pro-life-votes/|title=U.S. Sen. Capito issues statement on pro-life votes|date=2020-02-26|website=West Virginia Press Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-18}}{{Cite news|last=Grady|first=Denise|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/health/abortion-bill-trump.html|title='Executing Babies': Here Are the Facts Behind Trump's Misleading Abortion Tweet|date=2019-02-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/the-facts-on-the-born-alive-debate/|title=The Facts on the Born-Alive Debate|last=Robertson|first=Lori|date=2019-03-04|website=FactCheck.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/13/trump-executing-babies-after-failed-abortion-fact-check-ap/1186702001/|title=Trump fact check: Babies executed after failed abortions. He's oversimplifying, AP finds|website=USA Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-28}} In 2021, she signed a letter put forward by the Senate's anti-abortion caucus opposing the repeal of the Hyde Amendment and opposing legislation to liberalize current federal abortion laws.{{Cite web|title=Wicker, Hyde-Smith join Senate alliance to protect pro-life policies|url=https://www.pressregister.com/wicker-hyde-smith-join-senate-alliance-protect-pro-life-policies|access-date=2021-02-13|website=www.pressregister.com|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|last1=Strode|first1=Tom|title=GOP senators promise to oppose attacks on pro-life measures|url=https://kentuckytoday.com/stories/gop-senators-promise-to-oppose-attacks-on-pro-life-measures,30514|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Kentucky Today|date=February 9, 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Beavers|first=Olivia|title=The path forward for Dems|url=https://politi.co/3oslPYt|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Politico|date=January 26, 2021 |language=en}}

In 2017, "West Virginians for Life, said [it] still supports Capito, despite the abortion rights self-identification and support for Roe v. Wade, because of Capito's steadfast voting record restricting abortions and defunding Planned Parenthood".{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/detractors-look-for-easy-hit-but-sens-stance-on-abortion/article_a820aed1-8b35-52fc-8569-41fa9137acc8.html|title=Detractors look for easy hit, but Sens' stance on abortion more complicated|last=Zuckerman|first=Jake|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en}} In 2018, Capito said she was neutral on an initiative to ban abortion in West Virginia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/15/abortion-states-roe-wade-687468|title=State abortion ballots prepare for post-Roe world|work=Politico|access-date=2018-07-17|language=en}} She supported Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh; when asked about Roe, Capito said she does not think the court will overturn the ruling. "Fundamentally, it's been a precedent for a long time," she said.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/capito-looking-for-supreme-court-nominee-similar-to-gorsuch|title=Capito looking for Supreme Court nominee similar to Gorsuch |website=www.capito.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-07-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/09/04/capito-still-favors-kavanaugh-as-hearings-get-underway/|title=WV MetroNews – Capito still favors Kavanaugh as hearings get underway|website=wvmetronews.com|date=September 5, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-02}} Capito also supported Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Alex|date=2020-10-01|title=Capito meets with Barrett, confident Senate can get through confirmation process before Election Day|url=https://wvmetronews.com/2020/09/30/capito-meets-with-barrett-confident-senate-can-get-through-confirmation-process-before-election-day/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=WV MetroNews|language=en-US}} Barrett signed a letter calling for the end of Roe v. Wade, and supported a group that holds that life begins at fertilization.{{Cite web|author=Ariane de Vogue and Austen Bundy|title=Barrett signed a 'right to life' letter in ad that also called to end Roe v. Wade|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/amy-coney-barrett-abortion-rights/index.html|access-date=2020-10-02|website=CNN|date=October 2020 }}{{Cite web|date=2020-10-01|title=Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/amy-coney-barrett-supported-group-fertilization|access-date=2020-10-02|website=The Guardian|language=en}} In 2020, Capito declined to sign an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/roe-v-wade-republicans-brief-trump-overturn-4dd4e6f5-ce95-403f-a048-bc15605e0256.html|title=39 Republican senators sign brief asking Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade|website=Axios|date=January 2, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/02/politics/congress-asks-supreme-court-to-reconsider-abortion-case/index.html|title=Members of Congress ask Supreme Court to 'reconsider' Roe v. Wade|author1=Ariane de Vogue |author2=Caroline Kelly|website=CNN|date=January 2, 2020 |access-date=2020-01-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-members-file-competing-legal-briefs-in-key-scotus-abortion-case|title=Could Roe v. Wade be overturned? Hundreds of members of Congress sign amicus brief ahead of key SCOTUS case|last=Re|first=Gregg|date=2020-01-02|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}} Also in 2021, she was one of just three Senate Republicans (with Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski) to decline to sign amicus briefs in the Mississippi case that seeks to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.{{Cite news|date=2021-09-01|title=Biden Calls Texas Abortion Law 'Extreme' But Is Silent on Court|language=en|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-01/biden-calls-texas-abortion-law-extreme-but-is-silent-on-court|access-date=2021-09-15}} Asked about a 2022 draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, reportedly joined by Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch, all of whom Capito voted to confirm, she responded by criticizing the leak of the draft and said, "this is a draft opinion that is not binding Supreme Court precedent. Roe still remains the law of the land until the Supreme Court issues its final ruling."{{Cite web |last=McElhinny |first=Brad |date=2022-05-03 |title=For top political figures, Supreme Court leak is an outrage |url=https://wvmetronews.com/2022/05/03/for-top-political-figures-supreme-court-leak-is-an-outrage/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=WV MetroNews |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2015-02-28 |title=State News |url=https://wkkwfm.com/state-news/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=97.9 WKKW |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-03 |title=For major political figures, the Supreme Court leak is an outrage |url=https://6park.news/westvirginia/for-major-political-figures-the-supreme-court-leak-is-an-outrage.html |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=6park.news/|language=en-US}} After the Supreme Court overturned Roe in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, Capito said she supported the court's decision and believed the issue should be decided at the state level.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Don |date=2022-06-24 |title=U.S. Sen. Capito 'supports' Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, returning issue to the states |url=https://wvpress.org/wvpa-sharing/u-s-sen-capito-supports-supreme-courts-decision-overturning-roe-vs-wade-returning-issue-to-the-states/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=West Virginia Press Association |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |first=Charles |

last=Boothe |title=Capito: State abortion laws may not be 'one and done' |url=https://www.ptonline.net/news/local_news/capito-state-abortion-laws-may-not-be-one-and-done/article_0a1e1083-29a6-581e-8dd3-9549d11d9680.html |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=ptonline.net |

date=July 22, 2022 |language=en}} In September 2022, Capito said she was opposed to a national 15-week abortion ban proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.{{Cite web |last=Dress |first=Brad |date=2022-09-19 |title=These 15 GOP senators have signaled opposition to Graham's abortion ban |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3649653-these-15-gop-senators-have-signaled-opposition-to-grahams-abortion-ban/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Heer |first=Jeet |date=2022-09-16 |title=Republicans May Not Run on Abortion, but They Can't Hide From the Debate |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/graham-abortion-gop-right/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |issn=0027-8378}}{{Cite web |title=There's a proposed abortion ban in the House, too — and the list of co-sponsors is longer |url=https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-proposed-national-abortion-ban-matters-rcna47907 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=MSNBC |date=September 15, 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sen. Lindsey Graham's abortion ban proposal roils Republicans, energizes Democrats |url=https://news.yahoo.com/lindsey-grahams-abortion-ban-proposal-roils-republicans-energizes-democrats-202807022.html |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Yahoo! News |date=September 13, 2022 |language=en-US}}

Capito is partnering with Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand, Patty Murray, Amy Klobuchar and other bipartisan members of Congress to update the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.{{cite web |title=Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Murray Lead Bipartisan Push With All 22 Women Senators Calling On Senate Leadership To Bring Forward Legislation To Reform Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Rules In Congress |url=https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-klobuchar-murray-lead-bipartisan-push-with-all-22-women-senators-calling-on-senate-leadership-to-bring-forward-legislation-to-reform-sexual-harassment-and-discrimination-rules-in-congress |publisher=Senator Kirsten Gillibrand |access-date=28 September 2018 |date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507162408/https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-klobuchar-murray-lead-bipartisan-push-with-all-22-women-senators-calling-on-senate-leadership-to-bring-forward-legislation-to-reform-sexual-harassment-and-discrimination-rules-in-congress |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |url-status=live}} In August 2018, She and Senator Joe Manchin announced $899,927 for the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women.{{Cite web|url=https://www.register-herald.com/news/state-receives-funding-for-sexual-assault-response/article_a3a8c420-a522-5404-a954-0d482c3ba17e.html|title=State receives funding for sexual assault response|last=Holdren|first=Wendy|date=4 September 2018|website=Register-Herald|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128164011/https://www.register-herald.com/news/state-receives-funding-for-sexual-assault-response/article_a3a8c420-a522-5404-a954-0d482c3ba17e.html|archive-date=November 28, 2020}}

Capito supports embryonic stem cell research. In 2001, Capito voted for a bill to ban the cloning of human embryos. In May 2005, as a representative, Capito broke with her party, voting with a majority of Democrats, to repeal restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research funding.{{Cite web|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/C001047/votes/page692/|title=Votes by Shelley Moore Capito - U.S. Congress Votes Database - The Washington Post|website=projects.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204236/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/C001047/votes/page692/|archive-date=January 30, 2018|url-status=dead}} Capito also voted in 2006 to attempt to override President Bush's veto of the 2005 bill.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11701/shelley-capito/77/stem-cell-research#.WvkDW7TBQUU|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-14}} Also in 2007, Capito again voted in favor of funding stem-cell research. She also voted in favor of research using stem cells derived from donated embryos.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11701/shelley-capito/77/stem-cell-research#.Wm_8lrTBQUV|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-30}} In 2009, Capito voted for a budget bill that prohibited the creation of human embryos for research.

Capito was endorsed by the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) and West Virginia Citizen's Defense League which both support gun owners' rights in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1475/rating/4275#.WycuO1MvyT8|title=Shelley Capito's Ratings and Endorsements|website=votesmart.org}} In 2016, she voted in favor of alerting law enforcement when a person suspected of terrorism attempts to purchase a firearm and in favor of an amendment to improve the National Instant Background Check System, but she voted against two other gun control amendments.{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2016/06/21/manchin-capito-split-on-gun-control-amendments/|title=Manchin, Capito split on gun control amendments|website=wvmetronews.com|date=June 21, 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-19 |author=Jeff Jenkins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622131644/http://wvmetronews.com/2016/06/21/manchin-capito-split-on-gun-control-amendments/ |archive-date=June 22, 2016 |url-status=live}} In 2018, Capito opposed President Trump's suggestion that teachers be armed, saying, "I don't think a teacher should carry a gun in a classroom."{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-manchin-disagree-with-trump-on-arming-teachers/article_7548ad0f-8bb4-5bc0-b5d9-590253479f82.html|title=Capito, Manchin disagree with Trump on arming teachers|first=Jake|last=Zuckerman|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320031906/https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-manchin-disagree-with-trump-on-arming-teachers/article_7548ad0f-8bb4-5bc0-b5d9-590253479f82.html|archive-date=March 20, 2018|url-status=live}} In January 2019, she was one of 31 Republican senators to cosponsor the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, a bill introduced by John Cornyn and Ted Cruz that would grant individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state the right to exercise this right in any other state with concealed carry laws while concurrently abiding by that state's laws.{{cite news|url=https://www.kcbd.com/2019/01/10/sens-cruz-cornyn-file-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill/|title=Sens. Cruz, Cornyn file Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill|date=January 10, 2019|publisher=kcbd.com}} Capito said she was open to supporting red flag laws.{{Cite web|url=http://wchstv.com/news/local/sen-capito-believes-congress-will-likely-act-on-gun-control-measures|title=Sen. Capito believes Congress will likely act on gun control measures|last=Lieu|first=Sarah|date=2019-08-21|website=WCHS|access-date=2019-09-02}} As of 2020, the NRA has given her a rating of 92%, for supporting their positions, and Gun Owners of America gives her a 69% rating.{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=http://votesmart.org/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Vote Smart}}

As a representative, Capito opposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly called Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act). Since then, she had voted repeatedly to repeal the Affordable Care Act.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/220101-west-virginia-candidates-feud-over-coal-economy-in-debate/|title=West Virginia candidates feud over coal, economy in debate|last=Cama|first=Timothy|date=2014-10-07|work=The Hill|language=en|access-date=2019-05-03}} In July 2017, Capito opposed repealing the ACA without a replacement proposal, and was one of three Republican senators, along with Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who blocked a bill to repeal the ACA without a replacement early in the attempted repeal process.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/18/15989722/senate-obamacare-repeal-bill-already-in-trouble|title=The last-ditch Obamacare repeal plan looks dead in the Senate|last=Scott|first=Dylan|date=2017-07-18|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=2019-10-29}} Later that July, she voted to repeal the ACA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/capito-votes-to-proceed-on-obamacare-repeal/article_05b37814-233c-578b-8bfc-82f2aa44c919.html|title=Capito votes to proceed on Obamacare repeal|last=Zuckerman|first=Jake|website=Charleston Gazette-Mail|date=July 25, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-18}}

Capito was one of a few Republicans who broke with their party in favor of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11701/shelley-capito/38/health-and-health-care#.W2Mvw9JKiUl|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-02}} In January 2009, she voted to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of its reauthorization. The expanded coverage would include about four million more children in the program.{{cite web| url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/111-2009/h16 |title=H.R. 2 (111th) |work = GovTrack.us | access-date = September 17, 2013}} In May 2008, Capito voted for the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (commonly called the new G.I. Bill), which expanded the educational benefits for military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001.{{cite web| url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll330.xml | title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 330 |work = House.gov | access-date = September 17, 2013}} During the 112th Congress, she voted for H.R. 525 to expand the ACA grant programs.{{Cite web|url=https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/votes/h164-2011|title=Obamacare Expansion|date=2019-01-10|website=Heritage Action For America|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}} In 2014, she supported repealing the Affordable Care Act.{{Cite web|url=https://triblive.com/politics/politicalheadlines/5740502-74/capito-moore-shelley|title=West Virginia Rep. Capito may tip Senate to GOP |website=triblive.com|access-date=2019-01-10}}

On March 3, 2017, Capito supported preserving the ACA's Medicaid expansion in any GOP bill to repeal it .{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/politics/shelley-moore-capito-medicaid-cnntv/index.html|title=GOP senator: Medicaid expansion 'better be' preserved|author=David Wright|website=CNN|date=March 3, 2017 |access-date=2017-03-31}} With three other Republicans, she signed a letter opposing the House plan to repeal the ACA.{{Cite news|url=https://www.denverite.com/sen-cory-gardner-aca-replacement-doesnt-enough-protect-people-covered-medicaid-expansion-30991/|title=Sen. Cory Gardner: ACA replacement doesn't do enough to protect people covered by Medicaid expansion - Denverite|date=2017-03-06|work=Denverite|access-date=2017-03-31|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-moderate-republicans-really-willing-to-kill-the-senate-health-care-bill/|title=Are Moderate Republicans Really Willing To Kill A Senate Health Care Bill?|last=Bacon|first=Perry Jr.|date=2017-05-31|work=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en-US}} She opposed the Better Care Reconciliation Act because of her opposition to an amendment to the bill as well as over opioid issues.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/capito-opposes-conservative-amendment-to-aca-repeal-bill/article_06336757-6d12-51b6-889a-4cfe075cc893.html|title=Capito opposes conservative amendment to ACA repeal bill|last=Zuckerman|first=Jake|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-05-26|language=en}}{{Citation|title=Senator Shelley Moore Capito: 'I didn't come here to hurt people' |date=2017-06-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyyI3dJPBxk|access-date=2019-04-14}} She was one of seven Republicans who voted against repealing the ACA without a replacement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-who-voted-against-obamacare-straight-repeal|title=Republicans who voted against ObamaCare 'straight repeal'|last=Chamberlain|first=Samuel|date=2017-07-26|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacares-gop-preservers-1501110907|title=ObamaCare's GOP Preservers|department=Editorial|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=July 26, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/the-gops-search-for-lowest-common-denominator-on-obamacare-repeal/534954/|title=Republicans Reject Another Obamacare Repeal Plan|last=Berman|first=Russell|date=2017-07-26|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-21}}

In 2018, Capito voted for the bipartisan Opioid Crisis Response Act to address the nation's opioid crisis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.journal-news.net/news/local-news/capito-manchin-help-pass-opioid-bill/article_7ff02dd7-e07b-5292-9943-28c9008c14ab.html|title=Capito, Manchin help pass opioid bill|last=Cottrill|first=Clarissa|website=The Journal|date=September 18, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/12/17847358/senate-opioid-crisis-response-act|title=Congress is on the verge of a bipartisan opioid package. But experts have big concerns.|last=Lopez|first=German|date=2018-09-12|website=Vox|access-date=2019-01-02}} She also voted to increase Telemedicine funding in five West Virginia counties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvnstv.com/west-virginia-news/capito-manchin-announce-funding-to-expand-telemedicine-in-five-west-virginia-counties/926505500|title=Capito, Manchin Announce Funding to Expand Telemedicine in Five West Virginia Counties|date=2018-01-19|website=WVNS|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-02}}

In January 2019, Capito cosponsored the Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence (CHIME) Act, a bipartisan bill that would continue federal funding of community health centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) beyond that year's September 30 deadline for five years and provide both with yearly federal funding increases beginning in fiscal year 2020.{{cite news|url=https://riponadvance.com/stories/blunt-unveils-bipartisan-chime-act-to-fund-community-health-centers/|title=Blunt unveils bipartisan CHIME Act to fund community health centers|date=January 16, 2019|publisher=Ripon Advance}} In 2021, she announced support for increasing funding for virtual healthcare options, and she co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to expand seniors' access to Telehealth, with "virtual [healthcare] visits."{{Cite web|title=Senators Capito, Klobuchar introduce legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors during pandemic|url=https://www.whsv.com/2021/02/03/senators-capito-klobuchar-introduce-legislation-to-enhance-telehealth-support-for-seniors-during-pandemc/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=whsv.com|date=February 3, 2021 |language=en}} She supports extending Medicare to cover therapies to prevent diabetes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvnstv.com/news/u-s-senator-shelley-moore-capito-and-gary-peters-introduce-diabetes-bill/|title=U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Gary Peters introduce diabetes bill|date=2019-11-22|website=WVNS|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.miningjournal.net/news/michigan-news-apwire/2019/11/proposed-legislation-falls-short-for-michiganders/|title=Proposed legislation falls short for Michiganders|website=miningjournal.net|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-18}}

In 2024, Capito led a bill to create an advisory council to support research, care, and services to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease.{{cite web |last1=Florence |first1=Shyla |title=New law to prevent, cure Parkinson's disease |url=https://www.wtap.com/2024/07/16/new-law-prevent-cure-parkinsons-disease/ |website=WTAP |date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=16 July 2024}}

Capito has said that she does not support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, but voted against a 2004 bill that would have forced hospitals to report undocumented immigrants; she also voted for a 2001 bill to allow some immigrants to "remain in the country while pursuing residency".{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Shelley_Moore_Capito_Immigration.htm|title=Shelley Moore Capito on Immigration|website=www.ontheissues.org|access-date=2018-05-29}} In 2010, she voted against the DREAM Act.{{Cite news|url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/111/house/2/625|title=Approves Dream Act - H.R.5281: Removal Clarification Act of 2010|last=Willis|first=Derek|work=ProPublica|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en}} In 2018, Capito said of DACA and immigration, "It's probably going to be some sort of legal status for DACA recipients that gives them the permanence of legal status and then the border security".{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/372103-gop-divided-as-immigration-fight-looms/|title=Fractured GOP struggles with immigration strategy|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=2018-02-04|work=The Hill|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en}} Of her views on DACA, Capito's office said that she "could support an immigration solution that provides for increased border security to protect Americans and provides relief for those in the DACA program. She is encouraged by ongoing negotiations between the Trump Administration and members of Congress to improve immigration policy and add resources for enforcement."{{Cite news|url=http://wvpublic.org/post/youre-watching-your-time-run-out-what-end-daca-means-dreamers-wva#stream/0|title='You're Watching Your Time Run Out' - What the End of DACA Means for 'Dreamers' in W.Va.|last=Todd|first=Roxy|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529130512/http://wvpublic.org/post/youre-watching-your-time-run-out-what-end-daca-means-dreamers-wva#stream/0|url-status=dead}}

In 2018, Capito voted to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, voted against the McCain-Coons proposal to offer a pathway to citizenship without funding for a border wall, against Senator Collins's bipartisan bill to increase funding for border security and offer a pathway to citizenship, and in favor of Trump's proposal to offer a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million undocumented immigrants while reducing legal immigration numbers and using federal funds to build a border wall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/heres-how-your-senators-voted-on-failed-immigration-proposals.html|title=How your senators voted on failed immigration proposals|last=Schoen|first=John W.|date=2018-02-16|website=CNBC|access-date=2019-01-02}} In December 2018, Capito supported a bipartisan compromise funding bill that would have allocated $1.6 billion, instead of the $5 billion Trump requested, for a border wall to avoid a government shutdown.{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/12/18/capito-trump-should-take-the-compromise-border-security-plan/|title=WV MetroNews – Capito: Trump should take compromise border security plan|website=wvmetronews.com|date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=2019-01-07}}

Capito voiced disagreement with Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy that included separating children from their parents or guardians. She said, "we need to keep the families together".{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/06/19/capito-admits-she-doesnt-like-the-separation-policy/|title=WV MetroNews – Capito admits she doesn't like the separation policy|website=wvmetronews.com|date=June 19, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-24}} In 2019, she supported legislation to increase funding and humanitarian aid for "relief and comfort for migrants" on the US southern border.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtrf.com/news/national/capito-addresses-immigration-on-senate-floor/|title=Capito addresses immigration on Senate floor|date=2019-06-14|website=WTRF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}} She also voted in committee for a bipartisan plan with $4.6 billion in funding with "$2.9 billion for the care of migrant children and $1.3 billion to improve facilities at the border".{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/politics/senate-border-aid-package.html|title=$4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border|last=Cochrane|first=Emily|date=2019-06-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Special interest groups for and against immigration reform have given Capito mixed ratings. NumbersUSA, which opposes illegal immigration and seeks to reduce legal immigration, gave her an 81% score and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which also opposes illegal immigration and wants to reduce legal immigration, gave her an 88% score; conversely, the Hispanic Federation and UnidosUS, which both support immigration, gave Capito a 59% rating.

Capito disagreed with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions's 2018 memo on marijuana-related prosecutions, saying, "I'm going to go on the record as saying I'm against recreational marijuana, but I respect the states' rights to make that decision".{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/capito-other-lawmakers-oppose-sessions-move-on-marijuana/article_17aaeb4d-c0b4-579f-80b3-f8ac836fb9b1.html|title=Capito, other lawmakers, oppose Sessions' move on marijuana|author1=Jake Zuckerman|author2= Erin Beck |work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en}} She also said that she had concerns, but accepted and supported the legalization of medical marijuana.{{Cite news|url=http://wvpublic.org/post/capito-teacher-strike-marijuana-opioids-tariffs-and-guns#stream/0|title=Capito on the Teacher Strike, Marijuana, Opioids, Tariffs and Guns|last=Finn|first=Scott|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en|archive-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524151437/http://wvpublic.org/post/capito-teacher-strike-marijuana-opioids-tariffs-and-guns#stream/0|url-status=dead}} She received a 42% rating from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which supports the decriminalization of marijuana.

Capito has received at lifetime rating of 17% from the League of Conservation Voters, indicating an anti-environment voting record.{{Cite web|url=http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/shelley-moore-capito|title=Check out Senator Shelley Moore Capito's Environmental Voting Record|date=2019-07-03|website=League of Conservation Voters Scorecard|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}} In 2018, she voted for a bill that would curtail the federal government's ability to regulate fracking. She has also voted to restrict the Department of the Interior's ability to regulate methane emissions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalmemo.com/fracking-candidate-family-rep-shelley-moore-capito/|title=The Fracking Candidate: It's All In The Family For Rep. Shelley Moore Capito|date=2014-06-25|website=The National Memo|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-23}}

In February 2019, in response to reports of the EPA intending to decide against setting drinking water limits for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as part of an upcoming national strategy to manage the aforementioned class of chemicals, Capito was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler calling on the EPA "to develop enforceable federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, as well as institute immediate actions to protect the public from contamination from additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428102-senators-call-on-epa-to-restrict-key-drinking-water-contaminants/|title=Senators call on EPA to restrict key drinking water contaminants|date=February 1, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}} In 2020, she cosponsored legislation with fellow West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to "enhance a tax credit that Congress expanded in 2018 to spur investment in carbon capture technology."{{Cite web|last=Tony|first=Mike |title=Capito, Manchin among bipartisan group of senators pushing legislation to promote carbon capturing|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/capito-manchin-among-bipartisan-group-of-senators-pushing-legislation-to-promote-carbon-capturing/article_1804cde2-7daf-5ecb-9a6f-57c18faf7562.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Charleston Gazette-Mail|date=December 8, 2020 |language=en}}

Capito has sponsored approximately 40 bills about international trade and international finance, the most of any other legislative topic during her career.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Shelley_Moore_Capito|title=Shelley Moore Captio|date=4 May 2016|publisher=Ballotpedia}} She criticized the vulnerabilities in national security policy in the wake of the 2015 San Bernardino attack{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c697CZqUGg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/1c697CZqUGg| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Shelley Moore Capito on Trump and education|date=December 10, 2015 |publisher=West Virginia MetroNews|access-date=4 May 2016}}{{cbignore}} and has sponsored eight bills on the military and national security. Capito was one of 47 Republican senators to sign Senator Tom Cotton's open letter to the Iranian government in 2015.{{cite news|author=Jose A. DelReal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/10/heres-a-list-of-the-gop-senators-who-signed-the-iran-letter/ |title=Here's a list of the GOP senators who signed the Iran letter |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-12-14 |access-date=2015-05-06}} The letter, which sought to dissuade Iran from reaching an agreement with President Barack Obama on nuclear peace, was described by the White House as "undercutting foreign policy".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/world/asia/white-house-faults-gop-senators-letter-to-irans-leaders.html|title=G.O.P. Senators' Letter to Iran About Nuclear Deal Angers White House|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=2015-05-06|last1=Baker |first1=Peter }}

In April 2017, Capito co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720), which would make it a federal crime for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors - S.720 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Israel Anti-Boycott Act|date=23 March 2017|website=www.congress.gov}}{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|title=43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli Settlements|last=Levitz|first=Eric|date=2017-07-19|website=New York Intelligencer|language=en}}

On foreign policy, the National Journal gave her a score of 77% conservative and 15% liberal.

In 2005, Capito voted against the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the major trade agreement negotiated under President George W. Bush. In 2003, 2004, and 2007, she voted to approve free trade agreements with Chile, Singapore, Australia, and Peru. She supports tariffs against countries that manipulate currencies, and she sponsored a bill that would create an import fee on countries with an undervalued currency.

Capito supports the Republican Main Street Partnership's motion to elevate the EPA to be a Cabinet-level department, which would bring more oversight to the entity.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_02-RMSP3.htm|title=Republican Main Street Partnership: Department of Environmental Protection Act|publisher=On the Issues}}

Capito opposes legislation aimed at capping greenhouse gas emissions.{{cite web|title=Politico: Note to EPA: 'Coal' isn't a dirty word|url=http://capito.house.gov/op-eds/politico-note-to-epa-coal-isnt-a-dirty-word/|work=Press Release|publisher=US House of Representatives|access-date=27 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915134244/http://capito.house.gov/op-eds/politico-note-to-epa-coal-isnt-a-dirty-word/|archive-date=15 September 2012}} In January 2010, she reportedly asked the president if he would reconsider "job-killing" policies like limiting greenhouse gases.{{cite news|title=Political Profile for Shelley Moore Capito|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/shelley-moore-capito-r-wva/gIQA3s9PAP_topic.html#the-issues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327062111/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/shelley-moore-capito-r-wva/gIQA3s9PAP_topic.html#the-issues|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2014|work=On the Issues|publisher=The Washington Post|access-date=27 July 2012|first=Al|last=Kamen|date=24 July 2012}}

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In March 2011, Capito and other members of West Virginia's House delegation co-sponsored a campaign to allow the remains of the last American living veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, to lie in state at the Capitol rotunda. The move, requested by Buckles's family, had been blocked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner. Reid and Boehner supported a special ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery. Capito said, "This is a matter close to the hearts of many West Virginians, but everyone can appreciate the desire to come together one last time to respect and remember America’s last doughboy". The campaign was unsuccessful and Buckles lay in honor at the Arlington National Cemetery.{{cite news |last1=Steinhauer |first1=Jennifer |title=Rotunda Honor Is Blocked for World War I Veteran |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09buckles.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=New York Times|date=8 March 2011}}

Capito supported Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. She called the decision "the right decision for the American economy and workers in West Virginia and across the country."{{Cite news|url=https://wvrecord.com/stories/511122758-state-leaders-hail-trump-s-decision-to-withdraw-from-paris-climate-agreement|title=State leaders hail Trump's decision to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement|last=Dickerson|first=Chris|date=2017-06-01|work=West Virginia Record|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en}} She supports regulations implemented by the EPA, based on her bipartisan legislation, to increase clean water standards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mybuckhannon.com/epa-announces-regulation-of-pfas-in-drinking-water-based-on-capito-legislation/|title=EPA announces regulation of PFAS in drinking water based on Capito legislation|date=2020-02-23|website=My Buckhannon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-23}}

In March 2023, Capito introduced the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023 in support of generation IV reactor technology and nuclear development in general. The ADVANCE Act was incorporated into the Fire Grants and Safety Act and signed into law in July 2024.{{Cite web |title=Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2023 (S. 1111) |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s1111 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}{{USBill|118|s|870}}

In 2016, the fiscally conservative PAC the Club for Growth gave her a 50% lifetime rating. In 2011, while in the House, Capito voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution.{{cite web| url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/112/house/1/votes/858/ |title=Balanced Budget Amendment |work = The U.S. Congress Votes Database | access-date = September 16, 2013}} In 2020, she said she opposed cuts to government spending, but also opposed any increases.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/capito-west-virginians-should-be-wary-of-coronavirus/article_32debfcc-defb-5b42-9b2a-6bcd1c1946c5.html|title=Capito: West Virginians should be 'wary' of coronavirus|last=Umstead|first=Matthew |website=Herald-Mail Media|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}}

In December 2010, Capito voted to extend the tax cuts enacted during the administration of President George W. Bush.{{cite web| url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/house/2/votes/647/ |title=To extend Bush tax cuts |work = The U.S. Congress Votes Database | access-date = September 16, 2013}}

Capito supports a federal prohibition on online poker. In 2006, she cosponsored H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act.{{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: |title=HR 4777: Internet Gambling Prohibition Act |publisher=Thomas (Library of Congress) |year=2006 |access-date=2013-04-14 |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013459/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: |url-status=dead }} She also supported H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.{{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411: |title=HR 4411: Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act |publisher=Thomas (Library of Congress) |access-date=2013-04-14 |archive-date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125231725/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411: |url-status=dead }} In June 2003, Capito introduced the Family Fairness in Taxing Act of 2003, which would accelerate the increase to the child tax credit, increase the qualification age for children, and revise refundability criteria for the credit.{{cite web| url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr2324 |title=H.R. 2324 (108th) |work = GovTrack.us | access-date = September 16, 2013}}

In 2001, Capito voted in favor of the Bush tax cuts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2001/h149|title=H.R. 1836 (107th): Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act ... -- House Vote #149 -- May 26, 2001|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=2018-10-13}} In 2002, she supported partially privatizing Social Security but opposed complete privatization.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1035928930181027991|title=Social Security Fight Heats Up, Democrats Attack Privatization|first=Shailagh|last= Murray|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-10-13|language=en-US}} In 2006, Capito joined Democrats to vote for an increase of the minimum wage.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/washington/29cong.html|title=House Passes Minimum Wage Increase|last=Hulse|first=Carl|work=The New York Times |date=July 29, 2006 |access-date=2018-10-13|language=en}} In 2012, during her campaign for the Senate, the Senate Conservative Fund opposed her nomination because "her spending record in the House is too liberal".{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2012/11/26/conservative-backlash-to-shelley-moore-capito-grows/|title=Conservative backlash to Shelley Moore Capito grows|last=Weiner|first=Rachel|date=2012-11-26|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} In 2013, she voted against cutting funding for food stamps.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/GOP-Reps-Explain-Why-They-Went-Against-Their-4830895.php#src=fb|title=GOP Reps Explain Why They Went Against Their Party On Cutting Food Stamps|date=2013-09-20|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-10-13}} In 2017, Capito opposed President Trump's proposed budget, saying that it would cut "too close to the bone".{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/334860-republicans-give-trumps-budget-the-cold-shoulder/|title=Republicans give Trump's budget the cold shoulder|last=Gorman|first=Drew|date=2017-05-23|work=The Hill|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en}} In 2017, she said she supported full repeal of the inheritance tax.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-gop-hits-resistance-on-estate-tax-repealfrom-republicans-1507220889|title=Senate GOP Hits Resistance on Estate-Tax Repeal—From Republicans|last=Rubin|first=Richard|date=2017-10-05|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-10-13|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} She also voted in favor of Trump's tax cut bill.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-votes-for-gop-tax-overhaul-manchin-opposes/article_7b9007d2-cef0-5b63-9095-6e34f88b41de.html|title=Capito votes for GOP tax overhaul, Manchin opposes|first=Jake|last=Zuckerman|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en}} In 2019, she came out against budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtrf.com/community/senators-capito-and-brown-agree-on-more-domestic-spending-for-president-s-budget/1856492519|title=Senators Capito, Brown stand against slash on domestic spending|date=2019-03-18|website=WTRF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-28|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328045731/https://www.wtrf.com/community/senators-capito-and-brown-agree-on-more-domestic-spending-for-president-s-budget/1856492519|url-status=dead}} Capito was among a few Republicans, including Joni Ernst of Iowa and Susan Collins of Maine, to express criticism of Trump's nominee to the Federal Reserve, Stephen Moore, because of comments he had made about women; he ultimately withdrew the nomination.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5582230/stephen-moore-federal-reserve-withdraws/|title=Republicans Quietly Relieved After Stephen Moore Withdraws From Federal Reserve Nomination|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/441246-senate-gop-women-pose-obstacle-for-expected-fed-pick-moore/|title=Senate GOP women pose obstacle for Moore as Fed pick|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=2019-04-29|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/02/stephen-moore-has-withdrawn-from-fed-consideration-trump-says.html|title=Stephen Moore has withdrawn from Fed consideration, Trump says|last=Calia|first=Dan Mangan, Eamon Javers, Mike|date=2019-05-02|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}} In 2019, Capito announced support for paid family leave.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/congress-bipartisan-parental-leave-plan/|title=Congress Has Its First Bipartisan Parental-Leave Plan|date=2020-01-08|website=National Review|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}} In 2020, she opposed budget cuts due to the "spending needs" of states like West Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.localdvm.com/news/west-virginia/sen-capito-says-spending-needs-outweigh-budget-restraint-for-now/|title=Sen. Capito says spending needs outweigh budget restraint for now|date=2019-12-19|website=WDVM 25|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-12}} On September 30, 2021, she was among 15 Senate Republicans to vote with all Democrats and both Independents for a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00397|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.senate.gov}}{{Cite news|last=Cochrane|first=Emily|date=2021-09-30|title=Biden signs a short-term spending bill swiftly passed by Congress, averting a government shutdown.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/us/politics/senate-spending-bill-government-shutdown.html|access-date=2021-10-05|issn=0362-4331}} On October 7, 2021, she was one of 11 Republicans voting with all members of the Democratic caucus to end a filibuster on raising the debt ceiling,{{Cite web|title=Senate votes to raise debt limit after 11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-set-vote-break-filibuster-raise-debt-limit/story?id=80455636|access-date=2021-10-08|website=ABC News|language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Paul LeBlanc|title=Here are the 11 Senate Republicans that joined Democrats to break the debt limit deal filibuster|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/republican-debt-ceiling-filibuster-list/index.html|access-date=2021-10-08|website=CNN|date=October 8, 2021 }} but voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling.{{Cite web|last=Meyer|first=Mal|date=2021-10-08|title=Sen. Collins joins vote to break filibuster, but against $480B increase to debt ceiling|url=https://wgme.com/news/local/sen-collins-joins-vote-to-break-filibuster-but-against-480b-increase-to-debt-ceiling|access-date=2021-10-10|website=WGME}} On August 10, 2021, Capito was one of 19 Senate Republicans to vote with the Democratic caucus in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.{{Cite news|last=Farrington|first=Dana|date=2021-08-10|title=Here Are The Republicans Who Voted For The Infrastructure Bill In The Senate|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026486578/senate-republican-votes-infrastructure-bill|access-date=2021-11-06}} On economic issues, the National Journal gave her a rating of 53% conservative and 47% liberal.

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Capito opposed having a hearing for President Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, to the Supreme Court due to the nomination's proximity to the 2016 presidential election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/manchin-capito-at-odds-on-obama-s-scotus-nominee/article_dc6cd2ae-f4a3-5a3f-9114-3ab57f1d81d2.html|title=Manchin, Capito at odds on Obama's SCOTUS nominee|last=Gutman|first=David|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en}} In 2017, she voted to confirm President Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/capito-manchin-respond-to-scotus-vacancy/article_604a4353-92a1-58a5-812c-35a676445b7b.html|title=Capito, Manchin respond to SCOTUS vacancy|first=Jake|last=Zuckerman|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en}} After Trump nominated a second justice, Capito announced her support for the nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, and after he was accused of sexual assault, she continued to support his nomination. But she also said she considered the allegation serious and was among a handful of Republican senators to ask for a vote to be delayed in order to hear from the accuser and from Kavanaugh.{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/09/17/manchin-capito-support-judiciary-committee-hearing-from-kavanaugh-accuser/|title=WV MetroNews – Manchin, Capito support Judiciary Committee hearing from Kavanaugh, accuser|website=wvmetronews.com|date=September 18, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-18}} Some of her fellow alumnae from the Holton-Arms School personally delivered her a letter signed by more than a thousand alumnae of the school, saying that they believe Kavanaugh's accuser because her allegations are "all too consistent with stories we heard and lived" while attending Holton-Arms.{{cite news|url=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/kavanaugh-accuser-s-fellow-alumnae-from-holton-arms-school-sign-letter-supporting-her|title=Kavanaugh accuser's fellow alumnae from Holton-Arms School sign letter supporting her|date=September 20, 2018|work=Fox 5 DC|access-date=29 September 2018}}

In March 2019, Capito was one of 12 senators to cosponsor a resolution that would impose a constitutional amendment limiting the Supreme Court to nine justices. The resolution was introduced after multiple Democratic presidential candidates expressed openness to the idea of expanding the seats on the Supreme Court.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/435742-senate-gop-introduces-constitutional-amendment-to-keep-scotus-at-9/|title=Senate GOP proposes constitutional amendment to keep SCOTUS at 9 seats|date=March 25, 2019|first=Jordain|last=Carney|newspaper=The Hill}}

In September 2020, less than two months before the next presidential election, Capito supported an immediate vote on Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. In March 2016, she took the opposite position when facing Obama's nominee, saying that a justice should not be considered during a presidential election year because "West Virginians and the American people should have the ability to weigh in at the ballot box".{{cite news |last1=Desjardins |first1=Lisa |title=What every Republican senator has said about filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-every-republican-senator-has-said-about-filling-a-supreme-court-vacancy-in-an-election-year |access-date=September 27, 2020 |work=PBS NewsHour |date=September 22, 2020}} As of November 2021, Capito had a mixed voting record on Biden's judicial nominees.{{Cite web|title=Confirmed Nominations |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/confirmed|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.judiciary.senate.gov|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2021|first1=Andrew |last1=Kragie |title=Federal Claims Judge Confirmed To Md. District Court - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1394620/federal-claims-judge-confirmed-to-md-district-court|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.law360.com|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Fandos|first=Nicholas|date=2021-06-08|title=Biden's first two judicial nominees are confirmed with modest Republican support.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/us/Senate-confirms-Biden-judges.html|access-date=2021-11-06|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00220|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.senate.gov}}

Capito was considered a possible contender for vice president on the Republican ticket with Donald Trump in 2016,{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/235448-a-woman-in-the-white-house-in-2017-its-likely/|title=First female president or vice president near-certain come 2016|date=March 12, 2015|work=The Hill|last1=Taylor|first1=Jessica|access-date=October 4, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/05/04/seven-pols-who-could-donald-trump-pick-and-one-who-won/YJcJ8pCj4mbX8QJjNaNPmL/story.html|title=Seven pols who could be Donald Trump's VP pick (and two who won't)|date=4 May 2016|work=The Boston Globe|last1=Pindell|first1=James|access-date=8 May 2016}} and in May 2016 she was one of several senators to meet with Trump in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/crowds-gather-trump-ryan-meeting|title=Trump, Ryan Meet, Cite 'Common Ground'|date=12 May 2016|work=Roll Call|access-date=14 May 2016}} In the end, Trump picked Indiana Governor and former U.S. Representative Mike Pence to join him on the Republican ticket.

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| title = West Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2012{{cite web|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide|website=WV Secretary of State|title=Statewide Results Primary Election - May 8, 2012 ★★★ Official Results ★★★|accessdate=9 March 2021|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418170750/http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=13&county=Statewide|website=WV Secretary of State|title=Statewide Results General Election - November 6, 2012 ★★★ Official Results ★★★|accessdate=9 March 2021|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113063031/http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=13&county=Statewide|url-status=dead}}

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent)

|percentage = 82.96

|votes = 35,088

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jonathan Miller

|percentage = 11.14

|votes = 4,711

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Michael Davis

|percentage = 5.90

|votes = 2,495

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{{Election box total no change

|percentage = 100.00

|votes = 42,294

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent)

| votes = 158,206

| percentage = 69.77

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Howard Swint

| votes = 68,560

| percentage = 30.23

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 226,766

| percentage = 100.00

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| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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|title=2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia{{cite web|url=http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=14&county=Statewide|title=Statewide Results Primary Election – May 13, 2014 ★★★ Official Results ★★★|website=West Virginia Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=21&county=Statewide|website=WV Secretary of State|title=Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014 ★★★ Official Results ★★★|accessdate=9 March 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107040731/http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=21&county=Statewide|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Shelley Moore Capito

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 74,655

| percentage = 87.50

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Matthew Dodrill

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 7,072

| percentage = 8.29

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Larry Butcher

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 3,595

| percentage = 4.21

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 85,322

| percentage= 100.00

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Shelley Moore Capito

|votes = 281,820

|percentage = 62.12

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Natalie Tennant

|votes = 156,360

|percentage = 34.47

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = John Buckley

|votes = 7,409

|percentage = 1.63

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Mountain Party

|candidate = Bob Henry Baber

|votes = 5,504

|percentage = 1.21

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Constitution Party (United States)

|candidate = Phil Hudok

|votes = 2,566

|percentage = 0.57

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|votes = 453,658

|percentage = 100.00

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|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

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|title = 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/103231/web.259135/#/summary|website=WV Secretary of State|title=June 9, 2020 Primary Election|accessdate=9 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/106210/web.264614/#/summary|website=WV Secretary of State|title=November 3, 2020 General Election|accessdate=9 March 2021}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 173,331

| percentage = 83.34

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Allen Whitt

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 19,972

| percentage = 9.60

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Larry Butcher

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 14,673

| percentage = 7.06

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 207,976

| percentage= 100.00

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent)

| votes = 547,454

| percentage = 70.28

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Paula Jean Swearengin

| votes = 210,309

| percentage = 27.00

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = David Moran

| votes = 21,155

| percentage = 2.72

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 778,918

| percentage = 100.00

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| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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Capito is married to Charles L. Capito, and they have three children: sons Charles and Moore, and daughter Shelley.[https://www.senate.gov/senators/114thCongress/Capito_ShelleyMoore.htm U.S. Senate – Shelly Moore Capito] Retrieved 11 January 2015. Her father served over two years in prison on corruption charges. Her sister, Lucy Moore Durbin, was arrested in 1992 along with her husband for selling cocaine to an undercover officer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/09/02/ex-governors-daughter-son-in-law-face-charges/|title=Ex-governor's Daughter, Son-in-law Face Charges|work=tribunedigital-orlandosentinel|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en}} Capito and the Moore Capito family are members of First Presbyterian Church in Charleston, West Virginia, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA).{{Cite web|url=http://media.cq.com/members/7252|title=RollCall.com - Member Profile - Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.|website=media.cq.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/mobile/delegate.cfm?input=Delegate%20Capito|title=West Virginia House of Delegates|website=www.wvlegislature.gov|access-date=2018-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1936|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Shelley Moore Capito|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2018-10-11}}

In September 2015, Runner's World featured Capito in its "I'm a Runner" vlog, where she states she has been a distance runner for over 30 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.runnersworld.com/im-a-runner/im-a-runner-shelley-moore-capito|title=I'm a Runner: Shelley Moore Capito|date=September 8, 2015|work=Runner's World|access-date=June 18, 2016}}

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