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This article is about the member of the state house. For the U.S. senator and the subject's mother, see Shelley Moore Capito. For his grandfather, see Arch A. Moore Jr.

Moore Capito
United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 10, 2025[1]
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byWilliam S. Thompson
Member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates
In office
December 1, 2016 – December 22, 2023
Preceded byJB McCuskey
Succeeded byJB Akers
Constituency
  • 35th district (2016–2022)
  • 55th district (2022–2023)
Personal details
BornArch Alfred Moore Capito
(1982-08-30) August 30, 1982 (age 43)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
PartyRepublican
Spouses
  • Katie Brings
    ​
    (div. 2021)​
  • ​
    (m. 2024)​
Parent
Relatives
EducationDuke University (BA)
Washington and Lee University (JD)

Arch Alfred Moore Capito (born August 30, 1982) is an American attorney and politician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2016 to 2023.[2][3] A member of the Republican Party, he was a candidate for governor of West Virginia in the state's 2024 gubernatorial election but was defeated by Patrick Morrisey.[4] He resigned from the West Virginia House in December 2023 to focus on his campaign.[5]

Capito earned a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Juris Doctor from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.[6]

Personal life

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Capito is a Presbyterian. He is married to Liberty Vittert, a commentator, television presenter, and professor of practice of data science at Washington University in St. Louis,[7] with whom he lives in Charleston, West Virginia.[8][9] Capito and Vittert have a son, Holt Capito, born in 2025.[10]

He was previously married to Katie Brings Capito, with whom he had two children.[2][11][12][9] Their divorce was finalized on January 20, 2021.[13]

Moore is the son of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito,[2] the grandson of former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. and Shelley Riley Moore, and the cousin of Riley Moore.[14]

Electoral history

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West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Republican primary results, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito 4,896 23.8%
Republican Eric Nelson (incumbent) 4,388 21.3%
Republican Charlotte Lane 2,973 14.4%
Republican Keith Pauley 2,890 14.0%
Republican Matt Kelly 2,731 13.3%
Republican Bill Johnson 1,853 9.0%
Republican Calvin Grimm 866 4.2%
Total votes 20,597 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito 14,822 16.7%
Democratic Andrew Byrd (incumbent) 13,546 15.2%
Republican Eric Nelson (incumbent) 11,881 13.4%
Republican Charlotte Lane 10,505 11.8%
Republican Keith Pauley 10,251 11.5%
Democratic Ben Adams 9,899 11.1%
Democratic Thorton Cooper 9,404 10.6%
Democratic Benjamin M. Sheridan 8,628 9.7%
Total votes 88,936 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Republican primary results, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito (incumbent) 3,952 27.5%
Republican Eric Nelson (incumbent) 3,469 24.1%
Republican Charlotte Lane (incumbent) 2,902 20.2%
Republican Edward Burgess 2,186 15.2%
Republican Bill Johnson 1,879 13.0%
Total votes 14,388 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Douglas Skaff Jr. 13,202 14.9%
Democratic Andrew Byrd (incumbent) 13,038 14.8%
Republican Moore Capito (incumbent) 12,729 14.4%
Republican Eric Nelson (incumbent) 11,765 13.3%
Republican Charlotte Lane (incumbent) 10,309 11.7%
Democratic Renate Pore 10,165 11.5%
Democratic James Robinette 9,444 10.7%
Republican Edward Burgess 7,767 8.8%
Total votes 88,419 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Republican primary results, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito (incumbent) 5,819 30.3%
Republican Chris Stansbury 3,888 20.2%
Republican Larry Pack 3,576 18.6%
Republican Trevor Morris 3,118 16.2%
Republican Brady Campbell 2,809 14.6%
Total votes 19,210 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito (incumbent) 16,021 15.7%
Democratic Douglas Skaff Jr. (incumbent) 15,975 15.6%
Republican Larry Pack 12,431 12.2%
Democratic Kayla Young 12,323 12.1%
Democratic Kathy Ferguson 12,076 11.8%
Democratic Rusty Williams 12,035 11.8%
Republican Chris Stansbury 11,059 10.8%
Republican Trevor Morris 10,304 10.1%
Total votes 102,224 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 55, Republican primary results, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito (incumbent) 1,065 100.0%
Total votes 1,065 100.0%
West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 General Election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Moore Capito (incumbent) 3,476 59.2%
Democratic Greg Childress 2,393 40.8%
Total votes 5,869 100.0%
Republican hold
West Virginia Republican Gubernatorial primary results, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Morrisey 74,774 33.3%
Republican Moore Capito 61,920 27.6%
Republican Chris Miller 45,791 20.4%
Republican Mac Warner 36,037 16.0%
Republican Mitch Roberts 3,113 1.4%
Republican Kevin Christian 3,056 1.4%
Total votes 221,185 100.00%

References

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  1. ^ https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/staff-profile/meet-us-attorney
  2. ^ a b c "Capito's son, Moore, plans to run for House of Delegates". Wvmetronews.com. November 17, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Moore Capito (R - Kanawha, 35)". Wvlegislature.gov. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Moore Capito, whose name likely rings a bell, says he's running for West Virginia governor". www.wvmetronews.com. November 29, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "House Judiciary Chairman Moore Capito resigns Legislature to focus on campaign for governor". www.wvmetronews.com. December 21, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "West Virginia House of Delegates Biography". www.wvlegislature.gov. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Faculty". olin.wustl.edu. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  8. ^ Adams, Steven Allen (May 14, 2024). "Candidates make final push for votes in West Virginia GOP primary". News and Sentinel. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Moore Capito Biography". WV Legislature. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  10. ^ "Shelley Moore Capito announces ninth grandchild on X". August 17, 2025.
  11. ^ "West Virginia Attorney Moore Capito Joins Babst Calland". Babst Calland - Attorneys at Law. October 8, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "District 055 - Moore Capito". West Virginia Republican Leadership Committee. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  13. ^ Katherine C. v. A. A. Moore C. (Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia September 5, 2023), Text.
  14. ^ Gibson, Brittany (June 12, 2023). "McCarthy endorses Riley Moore for open West Virginia House seat". POLITICO. Retrieved July 9, 2023.