Slideshow: Kotek sworn in as Oregon governor
- Jaime Valdez
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Aimee Wilson, left, and her wife, Gov. Tina Kotek, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Aimee Wilson, left, and her wife, Gov. Tina Kotek, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Aimee Wilson, left, and her wife, Gov. Tina Kotek, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Aimee Wilson, left, and her wife, Gov. Tina Kotek, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Gov. Tina Kotek, left, and her wife, Aimee Wilson, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Gov. Tina Kotek, left, and her wife, Aimee Wilson, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Gov. Tina Kotek, left, hugs her wife, Aimee Wilson, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Gov. Tina Kotek, left, hugs her wife, Aimee Wilson, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Gov. Tina Kotek, left, hugs her wife, Aimee Wilson, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez


Gov. Tina Kotek, left, and her wife, Aimee Wilson, share moments with one another as they stand and wait on the second floor of the state capitol before heading downstairs to the Oregon House Chamber on the day Kotek is sworn in to be Oregon’s next governor.
- PMG Photo: Jaime Valdez
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Glass ceilings shatter as Kotek takes the dais with her wife, Aimee Wilson, for Monday’s swearing-in ceremony.