Tim Kaine

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’s career of public service began when he took a year off from law school to volunteer with missionaries in Honduras. There, he served as the principal of a small Catholic school that taught teenagers basic carpentry and welding skills.

Governor Kaine practiced law in Richmond for 17 years, representing people who had been denied housing opportunities because of their race or disability. He won many precedent-setting cases in this area and was recognized by local, state and national organizations for his fair-housing advocacy. Kaine also taught legal ethics for six years at the University of Richmond Law School.