Oliver Willis

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In a ceremony rich with the texture of the nation’s early history, Kaine evoked the 18th-century legacies of Jefferson and Patrick Henry but also vowed to embrace the 21st-century bipartisanship of his immediate predecessor, fellow Democrat Mark R. Warner.

“The promise of Virginia is bright today because of their efforts, and it is up to us to carry the work forward for future generations,” he told a crowd of about 5,000. “Our challenges today are different than those faced by the Jamestown settlers or the first Virginia governors. But they require fidelity to the same values.”