HEY, EVERYBODY! GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND!
JOE TAYLOR AND THE LATE SHOW BAND.
JOE, I LIKE YOU. I LIKE YOU OUT FRONT THERE.
THAT'S VERY NICE. >> REALLY.
>> Stephen: YEAH, I LIKE THE DRUMS DOWN FRONT LIKE THAT.
THAT'S REALLY NICE. YOU'VE BEEN HIDING YOUR LIGHT
UNDER A BUSHEL. WE HAVE GREAT GUESTS COMING UP
HERE TONIGHT. DEAR FRIEND, AMAZING POLITICAL
ANALYST AND CBS ANCHOR JOHN DICKERSON WILL BE OUT HERE IN
JUST A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT.
FANTASTIC ANALYSIS. AND THE FANTASTIC COMEDIAN MIKE
BIRBIGLIA IS GOING TO BE OUT AFTER THAT TONIGHT.
( APPLAUSE )
TRUE-- WE'VE GOT SOME NEW-- WE HAVE NEW RESULTS.
THESE JUST CAME IN. THESE ARE ACTUAL THINGS ON
CARDS, SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE REAL.
FIRST? DO WE HAVE THE GRAPHICS FOR
THAT. NEW YORK, WE'RE JUST GETTING
WORD DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT CATHY HOCHUL HAS DEFEATED MAGA
CANDIDATE LEE ZELDIN TO REMAIN GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.
THIS MARKS THE HISTORIC FIRST TIME NEW YORK HAS EVER HAD A
FEMALE GOVERNOR ON PURPOSE.
YEAH, THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, PENNSYLVANIA.
THIS IS A BIG ONE? PENNSYLVANIA WE SAW A HEATED
MATCH BETWEEN DEMOCRAT JOSH SHAPIRO AND FAR-RIGHT NUT JOB
CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST OMAR DG MASTRIANO.
TONIGHT, HE'S ONCE AGAIN HONORING CONFEDERATE HISTORY BY
LOSING IN PENNSYLVANIA. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
REMEMBER GETTYSBURG! AND THEN DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA,
THIS WAS EXPECTED, IN NORTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE WE GOT WORD
REPUBLICAN TED BUDD HAS BEATEN CHERI BEASLEY WHICH IS TOO BAD
FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE WAS I WAS REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE HEADLINE, "CHERI BEASLEY SMOKES BUDD."
THERE'S ALSO EXCITING NEWS-- IS THIS NEW?
WE HAVE THE RESULTS ON THIS? EXCITING NEWS OUT OF THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE SENATE RACE, DEMOCRAT MAGGIE HASAN HAS DEFEATED UL
ULTRAMAGA DON BOLDUC. BOLDUC WAS AN ELECTION DENIER,
AND FITTINGLY HIS BIT BID FOR THE SENATE HAS BEEN DENIED.
WE'RE GETTING RESULTS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA RACE, HENRY McMASTER
DEFEATED CHALLENGER JOE CUNNINGHAM.
CUNNINGHAM BEGAN TO SUSPECT HE MIGHT LOSE WHEN HE FOUND OUT HE
WAS A DEMOCRAT RUNNING IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE ALSO HAVE RESULTS FROM THE ARKNSAS GOVERNOR'S RACE, WHICH
HAS BEEN CALLED FOR FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SARAH
HUCKABEE SANDERS ( BOO )
BY THAT SOUND I'M GUESSING THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HER FROM HER
HIT COLLECTION, "PODIUM LIES, MORE PODIUM LIES, AND NOW THAT'S
WHAT I CALL PODIUM LIES." THE COLORADO GOVERNOR'S RACE
GOES TO INCUMBENT JARED POLIS, GOES TO INCUMBENT JARED POLIS,
WHO EARLIER THIS YEAR, EARLIER THIS YEAR, SIGNED AN EXCLUSIVE
ORDER PROTECTING MARIJUANA USERS' RIGHTS.
SO HIS VICTORY WAS SECURED DUE TO HIGH VOTER TURNOUT
( RIM SHOT ) THANK YOU, JOE.
IT HITS HARDER THE CLOSER YOU GET.
STAYING IN COLORADO, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DEMOCRAT MICHAEL
BENNET HAS SECURED AN EASY VICTORY.
THIS IS SEEN AS AN EARLY BELLWETHER FOR DEMOCRATS.
AND I'M HAPPY FOR MICHAEL BENNET.
MY ONLY REGRET IS HE IS NOT INTERESTING ENOUGH TO WRITE A
JOKE ABOUT. AND WE'VE HAD HIM ON THIS SHOW.
AND I REMEMBER NOTHING. AND I JUST SHOWED HIS PHOTO, AND
I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN HIS FACE.
WE HAVE-- WE HAVE SOME RESULTS-- IS THIS MARYLAND?
WE HAVE RESULTS FROM THE MARYLAND GOVERNOR'S RACE WHERE
DEMOCRAT WES MOORE HAS DEFEATED DAN COX, MAKING MOORE THE FIRST
BLACK GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.
AS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "THE OTHER WES MOORE," HE NOW MOVES
TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. CONGRATULATIONS TO WES MOORE.
OR THE OTHER WES MOORE. IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL.
APPARENTLY, VOTERS DID NOT RESPOND TO HIS OPPONENT DAN
COX'S CHESAPEAKE BAY SEAFOOD CAMPAIGN EVENT-- "COX HAS
CRABS." OUT-- OUT IN SOUTH DAKOTA,
GOVERNORS RACE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT KRISTI
NOME. THE RESULT IS NO SURPRISE,
THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THREE THINGS, BEING A RED STATE, MOUNT
RUSHMORE AND ONLY BEING FAMOUS FOR THOSE FIRST TWO THINGS.
OUT IN ILLINOIS, WE'RE GETTING NEWS THAT THERE WILL BE A SECOND
TERM FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.
( APPLAUSE )
SOUNDS LIKE A WINE COOLER. BARTENDER I'LL TAKE A J.B.
PRITZKER WITH JUST A LITTLE EXTRA PRITZ.
ON THE WEST COAST THE POLLS HAVE BARELY CLOSED AND GAVIN NEWSOME
HAS WON REELECTION.
LIKELY TO BE A LANDSLIDE, WHICH SINCE THIS IS CALIFORNIA WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY AN EARTHQUAKE AND WILDFIRE.
ALASKA HASN'T EVEN CLOSED YET, BUT BECAUSE I LIKE THIS JOKE,
I'M GOING TO SAY LISA MURKOWSKI HAS BEAT SHELLEY CHIBAKA.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE HER CONCESSION SPEECH.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CBS NEWS ANCHOR, JOHN DICKERSON.