West Virginia’s Capito clinches third term in Senate

West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R) is projected to defeat her Democratic opponent Rachel Fetty Anderson to clinch her third term in the Senate, according to Decision Desk HQ.

The incumbent was endorsed by President Trump as well as her West Virginia Senate colleague, Sen. Jim Justice (R).

She is projected to win with zero percent of the vote reported, as of 7:33 p.m. EST.

“Senator Shelley Moore is doing a tremendous job representing the Wonderful People of West Virginia, a State I love and WON BIG in 2016, 2020 and 2024,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in May, issuing a “complete and total endorsement.”

Capito serves as the chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. She served in the House from 2003-14 and later became the first West Virginia woman elected to the Senate.

Capito’s father was governor of the Mountain State from 1969-1977 and 1985-1989.