Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger speaks as Gov. Glenn Youngkin listens outside of the Executive Mansion in Richmond on Nov. 6, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger and Gov. Glenn Youngkin stepped out of the Executive Mansion on Thursday with their spouses, smiling as they paused to talk with reporters. The couples had just shared a lunch of crab cakes and “Virginia wine,” Youngkin said, as he and Spanberger discussed their transition of power in the months ahead.
Because governors are statutorily required to live in the mansion — part museum on the ground floor and living quarters upstairs — the Spanberger family will soon need to learn the layout and get briefed on the quirks of living and governing from within Richmond’s Capitol Square for the next four years…