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 following the 2004 New Hampshire Democratic primaries provided Dean rattling off a listing of states in escalating quantity as group sounds rose, ensuing in increasingly distorted audio and culminating in an unusual "yeehaw" scream.