#breaking Abigail Spanberger is sworn in as Virginia's 75th governor, becoming the first woman to serve in this role.

Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi and Attorney General Jay Jones were sworn in moment earlier.

Happening now: Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger arrives at her inaugural ceremony at Virginia’s state Capitol

Happening now:

Speaker Don Scott takes his oath of office for the second time, leading a House of Delegates with a 64-seat majority. #valeg

Good morning from the state Capitol in Richmond!

On day 1 of the 2026 session, Democrats are celebrating their new 64-seat House majority, which Speaker Don Scott calls “a new era for the commonwealth.”

Later today, @GovernorVA will address the legislature for the last time. #vagov #valeg

Inbox: @kaine.senate.gov, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, responds to U.S. strike on #Venezuela, calling it “a sickening return to a day when the United States asserted the right to dominate the internal political affairs of all nations in the Western Hemisphere.”

“This is a great country, and as a constitutional republic, the people elect their leaders,” Gov. Youngkin says as he congratulates Abigail Spanberger and reflects on his own victory four years ago.

Youngkin also vows to support Spanberger during the transition phase. #VAGov

🔴 Gov. Youngkin is about to hold a media briefing following last night’s sweeping Democratic victory in Virginia — as Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones secured the state’s top offices and Democrats picked up 13 seats in the Va. House #VAGov

Happening now: Members of the GOP’s congressional delegation are pushing back against a last-minute effort by Democrats to redraw district lines.

Republicans are framing this as “election interference” and as undermining the will of voters. #VALeg

🚨 A spokesman for the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs blames “radical liberals in Congress” for any shutdown fallout, warning some services could pause while core health care & benefits continue.

UPDATE: Dinwiddie Sheriff's Office releases the name of the suspect: Michael Ray Strawmeyer, 33, of DeWitt.

Happening now: A small crowd has gathered at the Chesterfield County courthouse to protest yesterday’s deportations of immigrants by ICE

NEW: Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears breaks her silence on John Reid controversy:

"It is his race, and his decision alone to move forward. We all have our own race to run."

She says the controversy has become a distraction — and she's staying focused on defeating Spanberger.

NEW: Speaker Don Scott on targeting Confederate-linked tax-exempt groups:

“We’ve got more monuments and roads named after it than any other state. It’s like racquetball, we can’t catch them all. If you know of any hiding under new names, send them our way. We want all of them.”

#inbox: Youngkin joins list of pro-Trump governors ordering flags to be flown at full staff on Inauguration Day.

“The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring” former President Jimmy Carter and remain at half-staff through Jan. 28

Happening now:

Fmr. U.S. Rep. and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger speaks at Moms Demand Action rally in Richmond’s Capitol Square.

She vows that as governor, “I will sign common sense gun regulations,” some of which Youngkin vetoed. #valeg

LG Winsome Earle-Sears tells me she moved to a hotel room in Glen Allen after boiling water at her Richmond apartment for two days.

“She’s here and she's thinking, you have to boil water in America,” she says of her mother, who’s currently visiting from Jamaica #VALeg

UPDATE: Here’s an email that House Clerk Paul Nardo sent to staff this morning:

NEW: Congressman-elect John McGuire formally resigns from the state Senate, allowing the President Pro Tempore to set a date for a special election in #SD10.

One GOP senator told me a few weeks ago that he’d get “a little nervous” if McGuire didn’t resign by Dec 10