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Seth Meyers takes 'A Closer Look' at the final weekend of midterms drama

Mashable·8 days ago
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It's finally Election Day for the 2026 midterms and Seth Meyers has a wild recap of the final campaign weekend drama.

In his signature Late Night deep-dive segment "A Closer Look," the host examined happenings ahead of the midterms, from Donald Trump cancelling then uncancelling campaign stops in Kansas and Iowa to the tale of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot in Alaska. Meyers particularly focused on the latter, referring to a New York Times investigation that alleged "political operatives aligned with the Democratic Senate campaign of Mary Peltola recruited another candidate, Dan J. Sullivan, to run as a Republican in the Senate race and try to pull votes away from the incumbent Republican, Dan S. Sullivan."

"Wow, I am shocked. It pains me to say this, but I have to call balls and strikes: this is very fucking funny," said Meyers.…

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