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Posted on 01/19/2026 4:28:33 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
When Adam Spanberger and his then-girlfriend visited Costa Rica years ago, he sat bemused as she spent an evening chatting in Spanish with her host family from a previous stay. He spoke only English and had seldom ventured farther than two hours from where he grew up in Virginia. She was fluent in multiple languages and loved to travel.
“It’s super hot and humid, no air conditioning. I remember sitting on the couch and just listening to her … thinking, this woman is a lot of fun and this is going to be an adventure,” Spanberger said.
It was just the beginning. Nineteen years of marriage later, after roaming the globe for the career she chose in the CIA, the couple have three daughters and are embarking on yet another new adventure: Abigail Spanberger (D) was sworn in Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor. And Adam Spanberger became the first first gentleman in the state’s long history.
“Hopefully I won’t be the last,” Spanberger said in a recent interview with The Washington Post, his first extended conversation with the media since his wife entered politics. Abigail Spanberger won election to Congress in 2018 and served three terms before running for governor last year.
Adam Spanberger, 45, works in technology for L3 Harris and is more comfortable behind a computer than in front of a microphone or crowd. He is an avid bicyclist who enjoys being “Dad Uber” to drive his daughters to events in the family minivan.
His job, which involves creating small-device communications systems for government or military customers in remote parts of the world, has enabled him to work from home through their many overseas assignments. He learned to love moving every few years, meeting new people. But the Virginia Executive Mansion was not a destination he expected.
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More history being made!
Heartwarming…..
*spit*
Who cares.
If Winsome Sears had won, the Washington Post would not write positively about her husband.
I know nothing about the guy.... But I very much doubt that he would meet MY definition of a “Gentleman”.
Or even a ‘Man’, come to think of it.
Uber Dad / CIA Dad
Democrats sure do love their “firsts,” no matter how trivial and inconsequential they are. This is deep in WGAS territory.
Wow! What a dad! His girls are sure going to remember those good times with Dear Old Dad. He's making memories!
CIA huh.
She looks,.....man-ish
All I’m sayin’
I’m surprised it’s not a “first wife”.
To me, that's an automatic disqualifier. Putin is a former KGB Agent and look at him running Russia.
If you have a background in intelligence, obviously once you go into politics, you'll attempt to manipulate your voters.
I believe this article merits a hearty BFD.
Such a glowing article would not have been written about the “first gentleman” if the other woman had won and was sworn in ...because she would have been the “wrong kind” of woman (and thus, the wrong kind of husband for the first gentleman).
Tim Kaine is from St. Paul, Minnesota. He is not a Virginian.
Mark Warner if from Indianapolis. He is not a Virginian.
In the old days they were called Carpetbaggers. Some of us still call them Carpetbaggers.
Oh Boy
History my butt
Abbie Spookburger’s got a cuck “husband”
So what
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