#ItBegins: Shelley Moore Capito earns first Senate GOP pickup of election night

JUST IN: @ABC News projects Republican Capito wins Senate race in West Virginia. pic.twitter.com/R5yq4BJdxb

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 5, 2014

Republican Shelley Moore Capito wins the #WVSen seat, which is the first GOP pickup of the night in the Senate. #ItBegins

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 5, 2014

Shelley Moore Capito is the first Republican that WV has elected to the Senate since 1956.

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) November 5, 2014

Shelley Moore Capito projected by @ABC as winner of WV Sen race. She's first GOP elected senator since '56 and first woman ever. #wvsen

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) November 5, 2014

CNN calls it for Capito. First GOP pickup, but not at all unexpected. #WVSEN

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) November 5, 2014

1st GOP pickup of the night. Rep Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) wins WV Senate seat. Rockefeller retiring. This was expected. R's at +1 now.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 5, 2014

One down, 5 to go…Shelley Moore Capito Wins West Virginia Senate Race Against Natalie Tennant http://t.co/8gALKIvRP4

— Let's Do This! (@Patriotic_Me) November 5, 2014

R+1 . Need 5 more. RT @PostReid: First Republican pickup: Shelley Moore Capito wins West Virginia.

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) November 5, 2014

That's two losses for Elizabeth Warren — she campaigned for both Mitch McConnell and Shelley Moore Capito's Dem opponents

— MJ Lee (@mj_politico) November 5, 2014

@mj_politico she and Hilllary are keeping score.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 5, 2014

The newest GOP senator: Shelley Moore Capito, the anti-Elizabeth Warren >> http://t.co/c4bsJMxV6Q from @mj_politico

— Alex Burns (@aburnspolitico) November 5, 2014