Biography:

Shelley Moore Capito was born in Glen Dale, W.Va., and grew up in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. She moved to Charleston when her father, Arch A. Moore Jr., was elected governor in 1968. She now resides in Charleston with her husband, Charles, and their three children.

Capito received a bachelor's degree in zoology from Duke University in 1975 and a master's degree in education from the University of Virginia in 1976.

She worked as a career counselor at West Virginia State College before her election to the state Legislature in 1996.

Past Campaigns:

Shelley Moore Capito won election to Congress in 2000 by a margin of 5,500 votes over her Democratic opponent, Jim Humphreys.

She was re-elected in 2002 with 60 percent of the vote.

She previously served two terms starting in 1996, in the West Virginia House of Delegates representing Kanawha County.

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