Shelley Wellons Moore Capito ( ; born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative from . She is the daughter of three-term West Virginia governor and six-term U.S. representative Arch Alfred Moore Jr. Wikipedia