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Shelley Wellons Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953) is an American politician who is the junior United States Senator from West Virginia. She is formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 2001 until her election to the Senate in 2014. She is a member of the Republican Party and a daughter of West Virginia governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. Capito was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until 2011 and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito was elected to the United States Senate in the 2014 U.S. Senate election in West Virginia, becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in the history of West Virginia〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=West Virginia Senate Election Results: Shelley Moore Capito Is State's First Female Senator )〕 and the first Republican to win a full term in the Senate from West Virginia since 1942. ==Early life, education, and early political career== Capito was born Shelley Wellons Moore in Glen Dale, West Virginia, the daughter of Shelley (née Riley) and Arch Alfred Moore, Jr., who served three terms as the state's Governor. A resident of Charleston, Capito was educated at the Holton-Arms School, Duke University, and the University of Virginia. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. and represented the state of West Virginia as the 1972 Cherry Blossom Princess. Capito was elected to the 31st district of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1996 and served two terms. The district included a portion of the Charleston area. Capito was named Minority Chairman of the Health and Human Resources Committee and a member of the Judiciary and Banking and Insurance Committees. She is married to Charles L. Capito and they have three children: sons Charles and Moore and daughter Shelley.〔(U.S. Senate – Shelly Moore Capito ) Retrieved 11 January 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shelley Moore Capito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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