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| Cold Opening | Republican Presidential Debate |
| Beck Bennett | ... | Jeb Bush |
| Pete Davidson | ... | Marco Rubio |
| Darrell Hammond | ... | Donald Trump Live |
| Colin Jost | ... | John Kasich |
| Taran Killam | ... | Ted Cruz |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | Rand Paul |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | Chris Christie |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Ben Carson |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | Wolf Blitzer |
| Cecily Strong | ... | Carly Fiorina |
| Steve Higgins | ... | announcer Voice |