Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office. The Democrat was inaugurated around noon Saturday outside the state Capitol. Spanb ...

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) called for unity and pledged to “work tirelessly” for Virginians as she was sworn in as the Commonwealth’s first female governor on Saturday. “It is the honor of my life to ...

Abigail Davis Spanberger was sworn in as Virginia's 75th and first female governor. Spanberger's inauguration was part of a Democratic sweep that included the state's first Black attorney general and ...

Abigail Spanberger (D) was sworn in as Virginia’s First Woman Governor on Jan. 17, 2026. Dr. Richard Meagher, from Randolph-Macon College, returns to Capitol Review to discuss what we can expect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty-six months after she announced she would step down from Congress in hopes of being the first woman to serve as Virginia's ...