Gary decides to run against Truman Pinksale in the presidential election for their building association. Gary pulls out all the stops - bribery, sexual favors, digging up dirt on his opponent, etc. Gary wins the election, and when Pinksale then tries to have Gary impeached and evicted, the other tenants refuse to oust Gary. Gary bribed everyone in the building into siding with him by promising to move their name to the top of the waiting list for a corner penthouse. We see Pinksale performing garbage duty in the last scene as Gary pours trash down the chute.