From sweeping all three statewide offices to winning firm control of the Virginia House of Delegates, Democratic leaders used the word “mandate” Wednesday.

They may have flipped about a dozen seats from red to blue, including a handful in Northern Virginia. But Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R, has a very different take on what went wrong for Republicans.

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“Our majority now stands a at an historic, unbelievable 64 seats,” Virginia House Speaker Don Scott said.

Flanked by charts illustrating the Democrats’ blue wave in the House of Delegates elections, the architects of the plan celebrated the victories Wednesday.

“This is what a mandate looks like,” Scott said.

“This is the largest Democratic majority we’ve won in more than thr

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