Saturday Night Live’s 2024 Presidential Election Cast: Who’s Playing Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and More
See Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan & More in Saturday Night Live Season 50 Premiere
Live from New York, it’s the cast of the 2024 election.
When Saturday Night Live returned Sept. 28 for its 50th season, the show kicked off with a political Cold Open sketch spoofing the race to the White House, a long-awaited big reveal to see who would be joining James Austin Johnson as former President Donald Trump and Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris on the 30 Rock-set campaign trail.
While Rudolph originated the role of Harris in 2019, by her side for the first time was Jim Gaffigan playing the Democratic candidate’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
“What can I say? I got that BDEâbig dad energy,” he said in character. “See what I did there? You get it?”
Rudolph’s Harris joked, “I got it. I didn’t want it, but I got it.”
Meanwhile, SNL alum Andy Samberg came home to play the vice president’s husband, Doug Emhoff.
“We miss Joe Biden, folks,” Johnson’s Trump said. “What we wouldn’t give to have him stand next to me and be old. We had this in the bag, but then they did a switcheroo and they swapped out Biden with Kamala. And now everything is chaos. They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats. They’re taking your pets, and they’re doing freak offs.”
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Fellow former SNL cast member Dana Carvey returned to the series to play President Joe Biden., who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in July. The Wayne’s World actor, who famously portrayed former President George H.W. Bush on the NBC sketch comedy series in the ’80s and ’90s, had debuted his impression of Biden on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2021.
“I just want to say thank you, Joe Biden. Thank you for putting country first and for handing over the reins,” Maya’s Rudolph told Carvey’s Biden on SNL, to which he responded, “I didn’t want to. They made me.”
Watch the sketch and see photos of the newest presidential election cast on SNL…
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Maya Rudolph
The former SNL cast member reprised her guest role of Vice President Kamala Harris on the premiere of the NBC sketch series’ 50th season Sept. 28, 2024, just over a month before the U.S. Presidential election, which will see the Democratic party candidate face off against former President Donald Trump.
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Maya Rudolph & Dana Carvey
The actor, also a former SNL cast member who famously played former President George H.W. Bush on the show in the ’80s and ’90s, returned to the series for its 50th season premiere to play President Joe Biden (an impression he first debuted on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2021).
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Maya Rudolph & Andy Samberg
Fellow SNL alum joined the actress in the Cold Open sketch to play Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff.
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Maya Rudolph & Jim Gaffigan
The comedian made his SNL debut on the episode as Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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James Austin Johnson & Bowen Yang
Johnson reprised his Trump character on the episode while Yang made his debut as the Republican leader’s running mate, J.D. Vance.
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(Originally published Sept. 29, 2024, at 12:23 p.m. PT)
