A.B. Stoddard is an associate editor and columnist with the political news site and
polling data aggregator RealClearPolitics, and a contributor and guest host for
SiriusXM’s POTUS channel. Since 2006 she has appeared as a non-partisan political
commentator on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel and
BBC. Stoddard began covering the U.S. Congress in 1994 as a regional newspaper
reporter, then covered the House for The Hill newspaper, and the Senate for ABC
News. She is also a former associate editor and columnist for The Hill newspaper. Her
column with The Hill won first place Dateline Awards from the Society of Professional
Journalists’ Washington, DC, chapter in 2010 and 2011.

Nonpartisan, Stoddard addresses elections and the political landscape of the day.
Frequently meeting with sources and politicians of all stripes, Stoddard has her finger
on the pulse of Washington, DC as she offers detailed and smart political and electoral
analyses. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau , her talks
cover the five biggest stories in the news, the most up-to-date happenings between
Congress and the White House, ongoing budget battles, and the electoral prospects for
the two parties.

Stoddard had always wanted to be a reporter, and she caught the political bug watching
Justice Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination hearings. She began her
journalism career as a reporter for the Potomac News in Northern Virginia.