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West Virginia · U.S. Senate · 2026

Seat U.S. Senate, Class 2

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U.S. Senate, Class 2 · Incumbent running
CONOn the ballot
S. Marshall Wilson
—Not published for this candidate
DEMNominee
Rachel Fetty Anderson
1%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Shelley Moore Capito incumbent
99%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentShelley Moore Capito

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
99% Shelley Moore Capito · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP Shelley Moore Capito 99%
DEM Rachel Fetty Anderson 1%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) R+21 cycles 2020, 2024
Prior result, this seat REP 70.3% 2020 general · margin 43.3%

Side by side

3 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureCONWilsonDEMAndersonREPCapito
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
S. Marshall Wilson$65,287.21
Rachel Fetty Anderson$164,557.53
Shelley Moore Capito$5,449,866.00
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
S. Marshall Wilson$64,037.02
Rachel Fetty Anderson$135,872.68
Shelley Moore Capito$4,690,154.86
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
S. Marshall Wilson$1,250.19
Rachel Fetty Anderson$35,681.48
Shelley Moore Capito$3,071,076.35
Latest pollpercent, as stored
S. Marshall WilsonNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Rachel Fetty AndersonNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Shelley Moore CapitoNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
S. Marshall WilsonR+21seat-level
Rachel Fetty AndersonR+21seat-level
Shelley Moore CapitoR+21seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2024
    R+21
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    -21.085
    Presidential cycles
    2020, 2024
    Computed
    2026-06-08

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the state, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2020 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Shelley Moore CapitoREP547,45470.28%
    Paula Jean SwearenginDEM210,30927.00%
    David MoranLIB21,1552.72%

    Total votes 778,918 · winning margin 43.28% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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