{"id":2541585,"date":"2026-01-18T02:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-abigail-spanberger-inaugurated-as-virginias-new-governor-52\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T02:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:39:22","slug":"watch-live-abigail-spanberger-inaugurated-as-virginias-new-governor-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-abigail-spanberger-inaugurated-as-virginias-new-governor-52\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Abigail Spanberger inaugurated as Virginia&#8217;s new governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-abigail-spanberger-inaugurated-as-virginias-new-governor-52%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2541585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Abigail Spanberger is being inaugurated around noon Saturday as Virginia&#8217;s next governor. She won last year&#8217;s race decisively over Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, becoming the state&#8217;s first female governor. The event is being streamed live, and Spanberger posted on X that &#8220;the work begins&#8221; at noon. The coverage frames her win as a major Democratic victory in Virginia. Do you want a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-abigail-spanberger-inaugurated-as-virginias-new-governor-8\/\" title=\"...: ... as ...s new ...\">short news blurb<\/a>, a longer article, a headline, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-fired-family-doxxed-over-viral-video-of-alleged-homophobia-to-male-in-prom-dress-heres-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"Man Fired, Family Doxxed Over Viral Video Of Alleged \u2018Homophobia\u2019 To Male In Prom Dress. Here\u2019s His Side Of The Story.\u00a0\">social post<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >live\u2011tweet copy<\/a>? Below are quick options you can use or adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Headline<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia&#8217;s first female governor; &#8220;the work begins&#8221; at noon<\/p>\n<p>Short lede (2-3 sentences)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Abigail Spanberger is being inaugurated around noon saturday as Virginia&#8217;s next governor.Spanberger, who decisively defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle\u2011sears in last year&#8217;s race, posted on X at noon that &#8220;the work begins&#8221; as the ceremony is streamed live. Her win has been widely framed as a major Democratic victory in virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Expanded 4\u2011sentence paragraph (news blurb)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Abigail Spanberger took the oath of office around noon Saturday, becoming Virginia&#8217;s first female governor.The inauguration was streamed live; Spanberger posted on X at the moment she was sworn in, writing simply, &#8220;the work begins.&#8221; Her victory over Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle\u2011Sears last year was decisive and is being presented as a notable win for Democrats in the state. Spanberger inherits a slate of policy priorities she has said she will address during her term.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested X post (from Spanberger)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; At noon today I was sworn in as Virginia&#8217;s governor. The work begins &#8211; and I&#8217;m ready to get to it for every Virginian. Let&#8217;s get to work.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested X post (from a news account)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVE: Abigail Spanberger is being inaugurated as Virginia&#8217;s next governor at noon. She posted on X at the swearing\u2011in that &#8220;the work begins.&#8221; Watch the livestream here: [link]\n<p>Tell me which format you want expanded or if you want a full article,interview questions,a press release,or live\u2011tweet copy for the ceremony.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">WATCH LIVE: Abigail Spanberger inaugurated as Virginia&rsquo;s new governor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"fH8-fmg6pjw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2026 Virginia Inauguration\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fH8-fmg6pjw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Gov.-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3866711\/spanberger-earle-sears-virginia-woman-governor-2025-election\/\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> is set to be inaugurated as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\">Virginia&rsquo;s <\/a>next governor around noon Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3866711\/spanberger-earle-sears-virginia-woman-governor-2025-election\/\">SPANBERGER DELIVERS DEMOCRATS HUGE WIN IN VIRGINIA AFTER DEFEATING EARLE-SEARS FOR GOVERNORSHIP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4418552\/february-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-out-13-days\/\">February Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 13 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4418663\/second-round-january-social-security-payments-goes-out-four-days\/\">Second round of January Social Security payments goes out in four days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4422394\/maha-gop-2026-elections-epa-policy\/\">MAHA emerges as GOP 2026 election bright spot &mdash; with one major caveat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Spanberger beat Virginia Lt. 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Today at noon, the work begins,&rdquo; Spanberger <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpanbergerForVA\/status\/2012514741785186338\">wrote on X Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanberger sworn in as Virginia governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2541586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309099685568.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[52927,53824,32824,60667,38033],"class_list":["post-2541585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abigail-spanberger","tag-inauguration-2","tag-live-stream","tag-virginia-governor","tag-virginia-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309099685568.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2541585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2541589,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541585\/revisions\/2541589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2541586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2541585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2541585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2541585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}