Tim Kaine became the 70th Governor of Virginia on January 14, 2006.  He was the first Virginia Governor to be inaugurated at the Colonial Capitol in Williamsburg since Thomas Jefferson.

Governor Kaine entered political life in 1994 and was elected to four terms on the City Council, including two terms as Richmond's mayor, where he worked to build Richmond's first new schools in a generation, cut taxes and slash the city's crime rate.  Richmond's success in reducing violent crime won national recognition from Presidents Clinton and Bush and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.  The improvements in Richmond's economy during Kaine's tenure earned the city its first-ever listing in Forbes Magazine's annual ranking of the top 10 cities in America for doing business.