City comptroller Brad Lander never doubted that this past Tuesday would swing his way. “I mean, you don’t take anything for granted,” he says, “but I just thought, with that level of turnout, there was no way it wasn’t going to be a good night.” He was right. Lander had been campaigning for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani since the two cross-endorsed each other in June’s Democratic primary, and in the days leading up to this week’s election, there were few corners of the city where Lander didn’t canvas. Somehow, he still found time to eat really, really well: Between Get Out the Vote (GOTV) events, poll visits, many interviews at 30 Rock, and one walk across the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn, he snuck in a dinner at Lucali and bagels from Shelsky’s, relishing in the chaos of election season. “Honestly,” he says, “I thrive on it.”