Welcome to the late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.

First of all, happy, happy.

Happy Thursday to you all.

The midterms are not until the fall,

but recently we've seen some major primaries

that will be determining who will be going head to head

on November 8th.

Case in point, pack your yanglings or cheese steaks

and whatever gritties made of,

because we are heading down to the Keystone state

where the governor's race is heating up

between Pennsylvania Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro,

seen here trapped in a great flavor to escape room.

And Pennsylvania Republican State Senator

and Meatball asking,

hey, you're going to finish that Meatball.

Doug Mastriano.

Josh Shapiro is presently leading in the polls,

but Mastriano is making headlines.

Mostly because, without getting too technical,

he is banana balls.

How so? Well, for one thing,

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