Inaugural weekend will usher in Virginia’s new GOP leaders

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A weekend of pomp and circumstance is underway in Richmond as Virginia’s newly elected Republican leaders are set to take office. Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares and Lieutenant Gov.-elect Winsome Earle-Sears will be sworn in Saturday afternoon during an outdoor ceremony in front of the historic state Capitol. The moment will open a new chapter of governance in a state where Democrats spent the past two years in full control. Youngkin is scheduled to deliver remarks after being sworn in as the state’s 74th governor. Miyares and Earle-Sears will both make history — the former as the first Latino to serve in the position and Earle-Sears as the first woman of color to serve in a statewide office.