Colleague Kristen Welker, who is a regular fill-in on the Sunday broadcast, will take over the role. Welker, who has been with NBC News since 2010, was Todd’s co-anchor on election nights beginning in 2021, a memo from NBC News President of Editorial Rebecca Blumenstein and NBC News Senior Vice President of Politics Carrie Budoff Brown said.
” It’s an important time for his personal life, he added. “I’ve let work consume me for nearly 30 years,” Todd said. “I can’t remember the last time I didn’t wake up before 5 or 6 a.m., and as I’ve watched too many friends and family let work consume them, before it was too late, I promised my family I wouldn’t do that.” Todd will remain at NBC – he will begin a new position as chief political analyst for the network.