Krystal Marie Ball

 Krystal Marie Balm (born November 24 the 24th of November, 1980) is an American journalist and political commentator. She was previously a presidential candidate for Senate in the United States, as well as a television presenter at MSNBC. She was frequent contributor to The Huffington Post and co-host of The Hill’s Rising together with Saagar Enti. Enjeti and Ball have made it clear they were leaving the show, at the end of May in 2021. They wanted to start their own project, which they named Breaking Points. Ball co-hosts Krystal Kyle & Friends' podcast with Kyle Kulinski. Her guest appearances on the show include Fox News, CNN and Fox News. Ball is currently married to Jonathan Dariyanani, as of 2020. Ball attributes her increased political interest to the fact that she was a mother during 2008's primaries. Also, she watched the US election results while living in Jordan. She observed how it affected people in that country and thus gained an appreciation of the global impact of US politics. She was a Senior Fellow with the New Leaders Council. Ball was the Democratic Party's candidate for Congress in Virginia's 1st district in the year 2010. She was defeated by Rob Wittman, the Republican incumbent. From June 2012 until July 2015, she was the co-host of The Cycle on MSNBC. She was co-hosting the MSNBC show The Cycle from June 2012 to July 2015.