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Seth Meyers takes ‘A Closer Look’ at the final weekend of midterms drama<\/h1>\n
From a tale of two Dan Sullivans to Anderson Cooper’s viral CNN interview, the last days before the 2026 midterms have been…a lot.<\/div>\n
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It’s finally Election Day for the 2026 midterms<\/a> and Seth Meyers<\/a> has a wild recap of the final campaign weekend drama.<\/p>\n

In his signature Late Night<\/em> deep-dive segment “A Closer Look,” the host examined happenings ahead of the midterms, from Donald Trump cancelling<\/a> then uncancelling<\/a> campaign stops in Kansas and Iowa to the tale of two Dan Sullivans<\/a> on the ballot in Alaska. Meyers particularly focused on the latter, referring to a New York Times<\/em> investigation<\/a>that alleged<\/a> “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.”<\/p>\n

“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. “I mean, fuckin’ A, they finally did it: the Democrats finally did something as dirty as the Republicans.<\/p>\n

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“I mean, it’s not systematically lobbying state election officials to send alternate slates of electors to Congress as part of an illegal scheme to undermine a presidential election and then storming the Capitol, shitting in the rotunda and threatening to kill Mike Pence dirty, but it’s still pretty dirty,” he added.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>Jon Stewart roasts Trump’s pre-midterms Reflecting Pool speech<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Meyers also unpacked Anderson Cooper’s “Game of Thrones<\/em>-style burn” to Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens during a viral CNN interview<\/a> on Sunday, filled with awkward silences, especially around her controversial endorsement<\/a> of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers.<\/p>\n

“That interview is so brutal I watched it through my fingers like a horror movie,” said Meyers. “I think I heard her audibly gulp more than I heard her say actual words.”<\/p>\n

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Shannon Connellan<\/a> is Mashable’s Senior Editor, General Assignments, based in London. She has been Mashable’s UK Editor (and still manages the illustrious UK team) and Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives searching for Exit 8<\/em><\/a>. A Tomatometer-approved critic<\/a>, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror<\/a>, and loves to nerd out<\/a>with movie stars<\/a>, filmmakers<\/a>, and TV creators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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