Charles E. Cook, Jr.
 Charlie Cook is 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.
Widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading authorities
on U.S. elections and political trends, Charlie 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 with Tim Russert,"
and "This Week…." He has also appeared many
times on CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, CNN and National Public
Radio.
Before joining the National Journal Group in June of 1998,
Charlie wrote for 12 years a twice-weekly column in Roll
Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill. Charlie also served
as an election night analyst for CBS in 1990 and 1992, and
for NBC in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004.
The New York Times has called Cook, "...one
of the best political handicappers in the nation" and
noted that The Cook Political Report is "...a
newsletter that both parties regard as authoritative,"
while Bob Schieffer of CBS News has called the Cook Political
Report, "the bible of the political community."
The Wall Street Journal's Al Hunt once referred to
Cook as "the Picasso of election analysis," while
David Broder of The Washington Post has written that
Charlie Cook is "perhaps the best non-partisan tracker
of Congressional races."
Updated January 2005
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