Alexandra Brandon Stoddard, known professionally as A. B. Stoddard (born March 30, 1967) is an associate editor and columnist at RealClearPolitics.^[1][2] Previously, she worked as an associate editor and columnist for The Hill newspaper.^[3][4] She has been quoted by other news media.^[5][6][7]

Her father was Brandon Stoddard and her mother is the author and interior designer Alexandra Stoddard. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Connecticut College in 1989.^[8] She was married on September 7, 1997, to Peter Scott Roberson.^[9]

Stoddard worked as a producer for World News Tonight (1999–2002). She covered the U.S. Senate for ABC News. She won first place in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial, Columns, Commentary" category of the Dateline Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., chapter in 2009,^[10] where the judges called her winning article "insightful".^[11] She was awarded first place in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial" category in 2011,^[12] and was a finalist in the 2012 awards in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial, Columns, Commentary" category.^[13][14]

Stoddard is a MSNBC and Fox News political panel member.^[15] She is a columnist on The Hill. She often appears as a guest on Special Report with Bret Baier.^[16][17][18] She was a former congressional reporter for The Hill.^[19] On October 18, 2012, she wrote the article entitled "Obama spinning toward a loss".^[20]

Her father Brandon Stoddard was the former president of ABC Entertainment; he was responsible for shows such as Roots, Twin Peaks, My So-Called Life, and The Winds of War.^[21] She has a sister, Brooke Stoddard.^[22]