Krystal ball biography
- Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24, 1981) is an American political commentator and media host.
- Krystal Ball is a political pundit and journalist who hosts "Rising with the Hill's Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti," hosted by The Hill.
- Was named after her father's PhD dissertation on crystals.
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Krystal Ball
American journalist and TV host (born 1981)
Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24, 1981) is an American political commentator and media host. She was previously a political candidate, as well as a television host at MSNBC, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, and a co-host of The Hill's Rising along with Saagar Enjeti.[2][3][4] In May 2021, Ball and Enjeti announced that they were leaving the show in order to launch their own independent project titled Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar.[3][2][5] Ball is a co-host with her husband Kyle Kulinski on the podcast Krystal Kyle & Friends. She has made guest appearances on networks such as CNN, CNBC, Fox News, and programs including Real Time with Bill Maher.
Ball was the Democratic Party nominee for Congress in Virginia's 1st congressional district in the 2010 election, losing to Republican incumbent Rob Wittman. She co-hosted the MSNBC show The Cycle from June 2012 to July 2015. In May 2017, she created the People's House
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I was actually given the name Krystal Ball by my parents-yes, they did that to me. My dad is a physicist and he did his dissertation on crystals-and, there you are! I grew up in rural King George County and had my own pet goats. Somehow or other, after my daughter Ella was born in 2008-I got the crazy idea to run for Congress-never having run for anything. Had the first millennial "social media" scandal of the modern political age so I had my fifteen minutes of fame and out of that came a career in cable news-turns out I had a lot to say about our politics. I moved to NYC for five years and had the privilege of co-hosting The Cycle on MSNBC, which was an amazing and unforgettable time in my life. I am now engaged in starting a grass roots revolution in the Democratic party to have ordinary people, teachers, firefighters, nurse aides, run for US Congress. The project is called The People's House Project. I now live in Louisville, Kentucky with my husband and three children, which is even more fun than having goats.
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I was actually given the name Krystal Ball by my parents-yes, they did that to me. My dad is a physicist and he did his dissertation on crystals-and, there you are! I grew up in rural King George County and had my own pet goats. Somehow or other, after my daughter Ella was born in 2008-I got the crazy idea to run for Congress-never having run for anything. Had the first millennial "social media" scandal of the modern political age so I had my fifteen minutes of fame and out of that came a career in cable news-turns out I had a lot to say about our politics. I moved to NYC for five years and had the privilege of co-hosting The Cycle on MSNBC, which was an amazing and unforgettable time in my life. I am now engaged in starting a grass roots revolution in the Democratic party to have ordinary people, teachers, firefighters, nurse aides, run for US Congress. The project is called The People's House Project. I now live in Louisville, Kentucky with my husband and three children, which is even more fun than having goats.
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