Christopher Michael Cillizza (/sɪˈlɪzə/; born February 20, 1976)[1] is an American political commentator, who worked for the television news channel CNN from 2017 to 2022.

[9] After working as a novelist and later an intern for conservative writer George Will,[10] Cillizza began his career in journalism.

[16] The blog's focus was American electoral politics, with Cillizza commenting on gubernatorial, Congressional and presidential elections.

[18] Written in a blog-like format,[19] it contains lists such as "The 10 Best/Worst Negative Ads", as well as coverage of the "deep personal hatreds that politics provoke" and predictions for the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.

[8][21] On April 3, 2017, Cillizza joined CNN as a "political reporter and digital editor-at-large," contributing online and on television.

According to the official press release, the new "multiplatform brand" will include "daily columns, on-air analysis, an evening newsletter, [a] podcast, and the launch of trivia night events in Washington, DC.

Cillizza also runs political trivia on his personal Instagram account on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

"[10] Jay Rosen has compared his approach to infotainment which turns political analysis into gamesmanship detached from real-world implications.

"[31] Cillizza, along with Mark Halperin and Ron Fournier, was cited by Felix Biederman and Virgil Texas as one of the inspirations for their parody political pundit Carl Diggler.