Elections · U.S. Senate · West Virginia
2026 West Virginia Senate race
Shelley Moore Capito (Republican), Rachel Fetty Anderson (Democrat) and S. Marshall Wilson (Constitution) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, with one certified write-in, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the West Virginia Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also certified, by write-in: Rio Phillips.
Official candidate list: West Virginia Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2001 · Age 72
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in West Virginia
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 21 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 93,297 votes
- Rachel Fetty Anderson Won: 33.2% 30,930
- Jeff Kessler: 27.0% 25,228
- Zach Shrewsbury: 16.2% 15,076
- Thornton Cooper: 12.7% 11,826
- Rio Phillips: 11.0% 10,237
Primary source: Official election results.
The primary · 120,891 votes
- Shelley Moore Capito Won: 66.5% 80,376
- Tom Willis: 18.9% 22,829
- Bryan McKinney: 4.6% 5,587
- David Purkey: 4.2% 5,040
- Alex Gaaserud: 3.7% 4,462
1 more candidate in the full results at the source named below.
Primary source: Official election results.
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $7.8M
- Outside money
- $597K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
8 filed- Jonathan EvansRepublican$1.1M
- Jeff KesslerDemocrat-
- Zach ShrewsburyDemocrat$516K
- Tom WillisRepublican$642K
- Alex GaaserudRepublican$3K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+43 in 2020
- Shelley Moore Capito Won: 70.3%
- Paula Jean Swearengin: 27.0%
778,918 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.7%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between April 22, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.