I was appointed to the West Virginia State Senate in 1985. In 1991-92, I was the lone Republican in the Senate. Today we have 31 Republicans and three Democrats .

The daughter of former Governor of West Virginia Arch Alfred Moore Jr., Shelley Moore Capito won a decisive victory in the 2014 Senate race. She won re-election in 2020 by an even larger margin.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate’s two-member Democratic caucus said the Republican supermajority missed several steps when passing a bill on the last night of the legislative session ...