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Moore Capito
American politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2] 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.[3] He resigned from the West Virginia House in December 2023 to focus on his campaign.[4]
Capito earned a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Juris Doctor from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.[5]
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Personal life
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,[6] with whom he lives in Charleston, West Virginia.[7][8] Capito and Vittert have a son, Holt Capito, born in 2025.[9]
He was previously married to Katie Brings Capito, with whom he had two children.[1][10][11][8] Their divorce was finalized on January 20, 2021.[12]
Moore is the son of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito,[1] the grandson of former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. and Shelley Riley Moore, and the cousin of Riley Moore.[13]
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