Krystal Ball

Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24, 1981 in King George County, Virginia), is an American businesswoman and politician. She is currently the Democratic nominee in Virginia's 1st congressional district election, 2010.

Krystal Ball Early life and education,

Ball's distinctive name came from her father, a physicist who did his dissertation on crystals. After her mother named her older sisters Heidi and Holly, it was her dad's turn. She grew up in King George, Virginia, and attended King George High School. She was a state champion swimmer, academic all-American and attended Clemson University on a swimming scholarship. Ball graduated from the University of Virginia in 2003 with a degree in Economics.

Ball's father, Edward Ball, was born in West Virginia during the Great Depression and worked his way to a Ph.D in physics, spending his summers working construction to pay for his education. Her mother, Rose Marie Ball, was the daughter of a postal worker and a sheet metal worker, and was the first member in her family to attend college. She is now an educator in King George County,.

Krystal Ball Business career,

Ball helped reform the Civil Criminal Accounting system for 89 Federal District Courts to improve accountability and increase efficiency. She also 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,.

Krystal Ball 2010 U.S. Congressional campaign,

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2010#District 1

See also: Virginia's 1st congressional district election, 2010

Ball is challenging Republican incumbent Rob Wittman to represent the district which stretches from Quantico in Northern Virginia down to the Hampton Roads area. Early in the race, Ball was endorsed by WUPAC (Women Under Forty Political Action Committee). If elected, she would be the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress, and would be only the fourth woman in Virginia history to ever serve in the U.S. Congress,.

Krystal Ball Political positions,

Ball believes small businesses are the backbone of the economy and that targeted tax breaks and incentives will help them get the economy moving again, along with renewing the tax cuts for the middle class. She supports stronger corporate accountability to prevent future bailouts by taxpayers being used to fund bonuses. She supports education reform (including charter schools, using technology, and alternative certification of teachers), the 2nd amendment (she is an NRA member), taking care of our military veterans, and protecting the Bay.

Ball supports in fiscal responsibility and transparency in government spending requests. Her concern about the undue influence of any special interests extends to her own campaign refusing to accept corporate PAC money or any National Democratic Leadership money. She supports a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, banning lobbyist gifts, increasing disclosure, and establishing a new Independent Ethics Commission to investigate and audit influence by special interests,.

Krystal Ball Personal life,

Ball and her husband, Jonathan Dariyanani, are the parents of a baby girl, Ella, born in 2008,.

Krystal Ball Controversial Photos,

In October 2010, Ball, a candidate running for Congress, received national attention when photos taken six years earlier emerged showing her at a holiday party sucking a red dildo attached to a man's nose.. Ball acknowledged the photos depicted her, adding "of course it's embarrassing, but more than that, I'm pretty angry about it. I think this is incredibly sexist. I think it's outrageous."

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