Four years ago, Republican Glenn Youngkin ran a disciplined campaign that capitalized on the simmering public discontent with pandemic-era restrictions and overblown concerns about leftist indoctrination in public schools. His 2-point victory over former Gov. Terry McAuliffe was hailed by the GOP as a rebuke to then-President Joe Biden and framed as Virginia returning to its senses after eight years under Democrats McAuliffe and Gov. Ralph Northam.

If Youngkin’s narrow win was considered a sweeping mandate for change, what can be said of Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s blowout win on Tuesday? The Democratic candidate and former U.S. representative defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by nearly 15 points as voters across the commonwealth turned out in droves to demand a change

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