Federal race · November 3, 2026
U.S. Senate
One of West Virginia's two U.S. senators, who vote on federal legislation, confirm presidential nominees and ratify treaties.
6-year term. Regular election for the Class 2 seat, for the full term beginning January 2027. Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito, first elected in 2014, is seeking a third term. In the May 12, 2026 primaries, Capito won the Republican nomination with 66.5% of the vote, and Rachel Fetty Anderson won the five-candidate Democratic primary with 33.2%. S. Marshall Wilson is the Constitution Party nominee. The Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list shows Rio Phillips, who ran in the Democratic primary, as a certified write-in candidate for U.S. Senate.
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by last name.
Rachel Fetty Anderson
Public interest attorney; former Morgantown City Council memberRachel Fetty Anderson is a Democrat and public interest attorney from Morgantown who served on the Morgantown City Council from 2017 to 2021. She won the five-candidate Democratic primary in May 2026. Her campaign centers on health care, water and the environment, abortion rights, taxes on high earners and limits on corporate and foreign money in politics.
Shelley Moore Capito
U.S. Senator from West Virginia (since 2015); Chair, Senate Environment and Public Works CommitteeShelley Moore Capito is a Republican who has represented West Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2015 and is seeking a third term. She previously served seven terms in the U.S. House and two terms in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she now chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Senate Republican Policy Committee. Her campaign centers on tax cuts, West Virginia energy, infrastructure, public safety and working with President Trump.
S. Marshall Wilson
Retired U.S. Army officer; former member, West Virginia House of DelegatesS. Marshall Wilson is the Constitution Party nominee, a retired Army infantry officer and Iraq veteran, former missionary in Peru, and former Republican delegate who represented part of Berkeley County in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2016 to 2020. He was the Constitution Party's 2024 nominee for governor. His campaign centers on limiting the federal government to its constitutional role, balanced budgets and lower energy costs.
Compare on the issues
Summaries of each candidate's stated positions. See each profile for sources and details.
| Issue | Rachel Fetty Anderson Democratic | Shelley Moore Capito Republican | S. Marshall Wilson Constitution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care | Supports Medicare for All legislation and investing in Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare, and would remove profit incentives for denying care that physicians prescribe. | Says her Senate work aims to help West Virginia overcome the opioid crisis. | Says he opposed government mandates as a delegate and advocated for what he calls health freedom. |
| Abortion | Supports restoring the right to abortion and says adults have the right to make their own decisions about their bodies, including birth control. | Voted in 2022 against advancing the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill to write abortion protections into federal law. | No public position found yet |
| Elections & Democracy | Supports barring candidates from taking money from foreign governments and corporations, and wants checks and balances on the executive branch restored. | No public position found yet | Says he would defend the Bill of Rights and the sovereignty of West Virginia, and that the Constitution should be applied as written. |
| Energy & Environment | Supports investment in solar, wind and water power, says coal plants should be run as cleanly as possible, and calls for a moratorium on data center development and an end to special treatment for hyperscale data centers. | Supports continued investment in West Virginia energy sources and rolling back federal regulations, including ending California's electric vehicle mandate. | No public position found yet |
| Guns | No public position found yet | Holds an "A" lifetime rating from the National Rifle Association. | As a delegate, advocated for Second Amendment protections and opposed red flag laws. |
| Taxes | Supports raising the marginal tax rate on people earning over $500,000 a year and ending the "Buy, Borrow, Die" tax strategy. | Supports President Trump's tax cuts and voted for the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which her campaign says lets West Virginians keep more of their income. | No public position found yet |
| Economy & Jobs | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | Supports expanding West Virginia's energy economy, cutting regulations on small businesses and more local control to lower costs. |
| Education | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | As a delegate, advocated for school choice and higher teacher salaries. |
| Foreign Policy | Supports a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and says U.S. military force should be reserved for self-defense, with troops deployed only with congressional approval. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |
| Government Spending | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | Says he would oppose any unbalanced budget, any spending bill exceeding constitutional authority, and any debt ceiling increase without spending cuts. |
| Immigration | No public position found yet | Her campaign says she has supported President Trump's border security and immigration enforcement policies. | No public position found yet |
| Infrastructure | No public position found yet | Chairs the committee that sets federal infrastructure policy, supports broadband expansion, and voted for the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. | No public position found yet |
| Marijuana | Says marijuana use should not be criminalized, commercial products should be highly regulated, and adults should be allowed to grow it for their own use. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |
| Women's Rights | Supports adopting the Equal Rights Amendment to ban discrimination based on sex. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |