On January 16, 2010, McDonnell was inaugurated as the 71st governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, succeeding Kaine as governor. Dean scream - Former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean's concession speech pursuing the 2004 New Hampshire Democratic primaries involved Dean rattling off a listing of states in escalating volume as crowd sound rose, ensuing in progressively distorted audio and culminating in an unusual "yeehaw" scream.