Des Moines, IA (Radio Iowa)– Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is the first of five state officials elected in November to be sworn into office.

Bird, who officially started her term on Monday told a crowd gathered in the Capitol’s rotunda on Thursday that she is still getting used to speaking about her new job in the present tense.

Bird did take time to acknowledge now former Attorney General Tom Miller for his dedication to the job.

Bird is the first Republican to serve in her particular post in more than four decades.