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SENATE RACE

West Virginia


Where this race stands

Published ratings for West Virginia, one row per rater
Rater Rating Added
Cook Political Report Solid R
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R
Split Ticket Safe R
FiftyPlusOne Safe R
Thin Gold model Safe R · more than 19 in 20 chance for Republicans

Our model's lean sits inside the range of the raters covering this race.

Model output from our win-odds simulation, under calibration review. Methodology

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On the November ballot
Rachel Fetty Anderson Democrat
vs
Shelley Moore Capito Republican
S. Marshall Wilson C1

Roster: West Virginia Secretary of State · state candidate list · as of October 13, 2026

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Campaign finance · FEC

Rachel Fetty Anderson

Raised
$561.9K
Cash on hand
$22.2K

Campaign finance · FEC

Shelley Moore Capito

Raised
$5.3M
Cash on hand
$4.4M

Federal Election Commission filings, as of Sep 30, 2026.

State demographics · Census ACS


Median household income
$59,608 (±$691)
Median gross rent, monthly
$872 (±$8)
People below the poverty line
16.7% (±0.4%)
People without health insurance
6.0% (±0.2%)
Renter households paying 30% or more of income on rent
48.8% (±1.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024 , statewide; the survey window ends Dec 31, 2024. Survey estimates; the figure after ± is the 90% margin of error. The renter-burden share is derived by Thin Gold from two published Census percentages. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Election information


Voter registration deadline
October 13, 2026, per the federal form; confirm with your state (U.S. Election Assistance Commission, National Mail Voter Registration Form, as of October 10, 2026)
Early voting
Not shown. We have not yet built a reader for this state's election office, so no state-published date is shown.

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