Charlie Cook is the Publisher of The Cook Political Report, and political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and is a political analyst for NBC News.

Cook has appeared on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news programs, as well as on Good Morning America, the Today Show, Nightline, Meet the Press, and This Week. He has also appeared on MSNBC, C-Span, CNN and National Public Radio.

Before joining the National Journal Group in June of 1998, Cook wrote a twice-weekly column in Roll Call for 12 years. He has served as an election night analyst for both CBS and NBC for almost two decades.