Robert Costa – born October 14, 1985 – is the chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News.
Prior to joining CBS in 2022, Costa was a longtime national political reporter for The Washington Post.
Previously, he was a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week on PBS.
He is the co-author with Bob Woodward of Peril, a # 1 New York Times bestseller on the final days of the Trump presidency, including the 2021 United States Capitol attack.