Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Capito Wins Republican Nomination for U.S. Senate


U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito has won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia.

She easily defeated Larry Eugene Butcher and Matthew Dodrill Tuesday to be the GOP nominee. She is running for the seat being left vacant by retiring Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller.

The 60-year-old Capito has built a 4-to-1 cash advantage over her likely Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant.


West Virginia has never elected a female senator and hasn't sent a Republican to the Senate since the 1950s.