U.S. Senate · Updated Oct 9
West Virginia Senate
Shelley Moore Capito win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Capito by 19
Republican
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Shelley Moore Capito
Raised $6.5M · $4.4M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Zachary C Shrewsbury
Raised $516K · $-2854.25 cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.1 points to Shelley Moore Capito. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Other filers in this race raised $1.8M in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Oct 1Inside Elections: Solid RepublicanInside Elections
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid RCook Political Report
- Jun 30Zachary C Shrewsbury had raised $516KFEC filing
- Jun 30Shelley Moore Capito had raised $6.5MFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between R+31.2 and R+6.7.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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