Krystal Marie Ball

 Krystal Marie (born November 24 in 1982) is an American political commentator from the United States. She was previously a politician, as well a TV host on MSNBC as well as a regular contributor for The Huffington Post, and the former co-host of The Hill's Rising together with Saagar Enjeti. Enjeti and Ball have announced that they will quit the show in May 2021 and start Breaking Points, a new independent venture that will be hosted by Krystal and Saagar. Ball is a cohost on Krystal Kyle & Friends. She has appeared as a guest on shows like Real Time with Bill Maher, Fox News (CNBC), Fox News (Fox News), and CNN (CNBC). In 2020, Ball is married to Jonathan Dariyanani. Ball credits her interest in politics due to the fact that she became a mom during the 2008 primaries, and was also able be able to watch the US presidential election results while living in Jordan. She was able to observe the impact that it had on people in her home country and gained an appreciation of the global influence of US politics. She was part of the Senior Fellowship member of the New Leaders Council. Ball was the Democratic Party's nominee for Congress in Virginia’s 1st congressional District in 2010. She lost to Rob Wittman, the Republican incumbent. She was the host of The Cycle, a MSNBC TV show that she hosted from June 2012 through August 2015. She founded the People's House Project (a political action committee that is dedicated to Democratic causes) in May of 2017.