Spanberger Sworn in as Virginia’s First Woman Governor

Spanberger signals left bent after centrist campaign; GOP leader warns of ‘Fairfaxing the rest of VA'

Newly minted Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger campaigned as a pragmatic centrist, while critics said her day-one actions depict a very different four years the Old Dominion is about to experience.In a flurry of executive orders after her inauguration, the Democrat rescinded ex-Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) order that instituted cooperation with ICE, and seized on broad affordability initiatives, including housing regulation reviews that align wit…

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Launches De-Youngkinization On Day One

Video screenshot, C-SPAN on YouTubeAbigail Spanberger was sworn in Saturday — wearing Suffragette white, her hand on her grandmother’s Bible — as Virginia’s first woman governor, though she’s the 75th person to hold the office. She quickly made clear that with a Democratic trifecta in the commonwealth, elected by far larger margins than outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin, it’s time to stand up to the authoritaran regime that’s taken over the federal g…

Spanberger sworn in as Virginia’s first woman governor, moves swiftly to set agenda

Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn in Saturday as Virginia’s 75th governor, making history as the first woman to hold the commonwealth’s highest office and pledging to lead with unity, affordability and pragmatic action amid deep national divisions and growing uncertainty…

Spanberger sworn in as Virginia’s first woman governor

Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn in Saturday as Virginia’s 75th governor, making history as the first woman to hold the commonwealth’s highest office and pledging to lead with unity, affordability and pragmatic action amid deep national divisions and growing uncertainty…

VIRGINIA'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR

HISTORICAL INAUGURATION

Virginia's first female governor scraps ICE cooperation order hours after historic swearing-in ceremony

Abigail Spanberger, hours after making history as Virginia's first female governor, signed an executive order rescinding her predecessor's mandate requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The Democratic governor signed Executive Order 10 on Saturday afternoon, immediately reversing Republican Glenn Youngkin's Executive Order 47, which had deputised Virginia State Police to assist Immigration an…