THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator Capito's fundraising is roughly balanced between PAC and committee contributions (48%) and individual donors (52%), with $302K in separate party and leadership support. Industry-tied contributions cluster in professional services—lawyers and lobbyists represent the largest share at 14%, followed by securities and investment firms at 9%—with notable support also from oil and gas (9%), health services (8%), and construction and engineering (7%), patterns that align with individual donor employment in legal, financial, and health sectors. Her official disclosures document 1,085 stock trades during her tenure.
Raised · all cycles$6.0M▲ 3% in ’24 vs ’22#39 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share14%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes20on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Capito (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Capito voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 20 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Capito's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$96K
2025 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE
PAC
2$90K
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY
PAC
3$69K
2024 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE
PAC
4$58K
BLACKSTONE
employees
5$45K
2023 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Spouse Trading85%
92% of the trades disclosed by Shelley Moore Capito are attributed to their spouse's account
Of 663 disclosed trades that state whose account they were made in, 610 (92%) are attributed to Shelley Moore Capito's spouse, totaling $0.9M–$10.0M in disclosed ranges. The STOCK Act requires members to disclose trades by themselves, their spouse, and dependent children; the attribution shown here is stated on the face of each filing and carries no implication about who directed the trades.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap81%
Shelley Moore Capito (R) voted YEA hjres131-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (8%) with 7312 active lobbying filings
This bill would overturn a 2024 rule restricting oil and gas leasing on 400,000 acres of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) voted YEA on hjres131-119. Oil & Gas represents 7.6% of her identifiable donor base ($0.68M, ranking #6 in her party), and Oil & Gas companies filed 7,312 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap81%
Shelley Moore Capito (R) voted YEA hjres130-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (8%) with 7312 active lobbying filings
This bill would nullify a 2024 rule making federal coal unavailable for leasing on Wyoming lands, instead requiring coal be made available for future leasing in the Oil & Gas industry. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) voted YEA on hjres130-119. Oil & Gas ranks as the sixth-largest donor industry to Capito, representing 7.6% of identifiable contributions ($0.68M), while Oil & Gas companies filed 7,312 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Environment and Public Works · Chairman
Rules and Administration
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