Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24, 1981) is a businesswoman, certified public accountant, and political commentator. She was the Democratic Party nominee for United States Congress in Virginia's 1st congressional district in the 2010 election, losing to Republican Rob Wittman.
After the end of her campaign, Ball made appearances on the Fox News Channel and CNN, before becoming a paid employee of MSNBC as a "contributor" and "Democratic strategist".
Ball's father, Edward Ball, was born in West Virginia and has a Ph.D. in physics. Her mother, Rose Marie Ball, is an educator in King George County. The name Krystal came from her father, a physicist who did his dissertation on crystals.
Ball had worked for the federal contractor CGI Group. She traveled to Louisiana to assist in the court’s efforts to recover after Hurricane Katrina. While working full-time with the courts, she took night classes to earn her CPA.
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