Krystal Marie Ball

 Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24 in 1981) is an American political commentator. Her previous roles included an presidential candidate as well as an anchor on TV at MSNBC. She's often a contributor to The Huffington Post, a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, and a former co-host on The Hill's Rising with Saagar Ejeti. In May 2021, Ball and Enjeti announced that they were leaving the show in order to start their own project titled Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar. Ball hosts along with Kyle Kulinski on the podcast Krystal Kyle & Friends. She has guest appearances on Fox News, CNN and Fox News. Ball is currently married to Jonathan Dariyanani, as of 2020. Ball says that she owes her passion for politics due to the fact that she became a mom in the 2008 presidential primaries and also was able to observe the US presidential election results while living in Jordan. She was able to see how the election affected those living in Jordan and became aware of the global impact US politics has on all people in the world. She was a Senior Fellow with the New Leaders Council. Ball was the Democratic Party nominee for Congress in Virginia's 1st district for the 2010 election, losing to Republican incumbent Rob Wittman. She hosted The Cycle on MSNBC show The Cycle from June 2012 until July 2015. In May 2017, she founded the People's House Project, a political action committee that works for Democratic causes.