Welcome one and all to The Late Show.

I am your host, Stephen Colbert.

Ladies and gentlemen, once again, it is election night in America,

or as they call it in the rest of the world,

guys, come look, they're about to do something stupid.

Since it's an off year, it's only election night in part of America.

Here in New York City, we're electing a new mayor.

We tape the show early, so we still don't know who will be chosen to fill current mayor Eric Adam's shoes and intergalactic chef tunic.

The candidates are former governor, Andrew Cuomo, seen here showing everyone where he touched everyone.

State Assemblyman and English teacher saying, you know, Shakespeare was kind of the first rapper.

Zoran Mamdani and conservative activist and guy waiting for the beret store to open.

Curtis Slewa. Over the weekend, the candidates made their last appeals

to voters at events all over New York City.

On Saturday, Mamdani campaigned at multiple clubs

and bars where he was spotted dancing

and singing along to Empire State of Mind.

He...

He was at the cluburb we haven't we haven't seen a new york mayor do that since every moment of

eric adams life on sunday mom dany went to see the nicks from up in the rafters just a month after Cuomo sat court side.

Not to be outdone, Curtis Slewa sat under the Triborough Bridge to referee a pickup boxing match between two police horses.

Yesterday, Andrew Cuomo showed off his bold choice of a new campaign vehicle.

It's a 1996 white Ford Bronco, which many, many have pointed out, looks just like OJ Simpson's

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