Chuck Todd stated on Sunday that he was stepping down from NBC’s “Meet the Press” after 9 years within the moderator’s chair and could be succeeded by the community’s chief White House correspondent, Kristen Welker.

In remarks on the conclusion of the present on Sunday, Mr. Todd, 50, stated he was acutely aware that many leaders “overstay their welcome” and that he’d relatively go away “a little bit too soon than stay a tad too long.”

“I’ve let work consume me for nearly 30 years,” Mr. Todd stated, based on a replica of his ready remarks. “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.”

Mr. Todd, a longtime political journalist in Washington, began as moderator of “Meet the Press” in 2014. He has lately interviewed newsmakers together with former Vice President Mike Pence, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy and Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the House minority chief.

Rebecca Blumenstein, the president of editorial for NBC News, and Carrie Budoff Brown, the community’s senior vp of politics, thanked Mr. Todd in a memo and stated Mr. Todd would proceed at NBC as chief political analyst.

“Through his penetrating interviews with many of the most important newsmakers, the show has played an essential role in politics and policy, routinely made front-page news, and framed the thinking in Washington and beyond,” the memo stated.

Ms. Welker, 46, is a longtime NBC stalwart. She was an intern for “Today” in 1997 and has been working for the community full time since 2010. She started masking the White House for NBC a yr later and has lined presidents overseas in Belgium, England, Austria, Poland and Japan. In 2020, she was broadly praised for her moderation of the ultimate presidential debate between President Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden.

Mr. Todd took over “Meet the Press” for David Gregory, who grew to become its moderator after the dying of Tim Russert in 2008. Viewership of the present has slid considerably within the years after Mr. Russert’s dying.

In 2014, Mr. Todd launched “MTP Daily,” the primary day by day installment of “Meet the Press,” which aired on MSNBC till final yr. MTP Daily moved to NBC News Now, the community’s advertising-supported streaming platform.

Mr. Todd’s closing broadcast as moderator of “Meet the Press” shall be in September.