Elections · U.S. Senate · West Virginia
West Virginia Senate race
Shelley Moore Capito holds this seat and is running to keep it against Rachel Fetty Anderson.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 13, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · Holds the seat now
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, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 21 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 93,297 votes
- Rachel Fetty AndersonWon33.2%30,930
- Jeff Kessler27%25,228
- Zach Shrewsbury16.2%15,076
- Thornton Cooper12.7%11,826
- Rio Phillips11%10,237
The primary · 120,891 votes
- Shelley Moore CapitoWon66.5%80,376
- Tom Willis18.9%22,829
- Bryan McKinney4.6%5,587
- David Purkey4.2%5,040
- Alex Gaaserud3.7%4,462
1 more candidate on the full canvass.
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $8.8M
- Outside money
- $338K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; 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 2 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
11 filed- Jonathan EvansRepublican$1.1M
- Jeffrey KesslerDemocrat-
- Zachary ShrewsburyDemocrat$516K
- Thomas Willis IIRepublican$642K
- Owen Carlson-
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 CapitoWon70.3%
- Paula Jean Swearengin27%
778,918 votes for candidates. 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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.