Unsurprisingly, the first episode of the landmark season kicked off with a political sketch that lampooned the political rallies of U.S. Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. While it was known that Maya Rudolph would reprise Harris and likely expected that James Austin Johnson would return as Trump,

Maya Rudolph made her return as Vice President Kamala Harris, now vying for the presidency. And fellow “SNL” alum Andy Samberg — currently co-starring with Kate Winslet in the movie “ Lee ” — played Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman from New Jersey (Old Bridge and Matawan).

Maya Rudolph's Kamala Harris was also joined by Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz, while James Austin Johnson played Donald Trump and Bowen Yang appeared as J.D. Vance