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Krystal Ball gets started early in bid for Rob Wittman's seat
Candidate starts running early for Congress
Date published: 6/28/2009
BY CHELYEN DAVIS The 2010 congressional races are 18 months away, but Krystal Ball, who recently kicked off her challenge to Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, doesn't think she's starting her campaign too early. As a young mother who has never run for office before, and as a Democrat in the Republican-leaning 1st District, Ball said she needs that year and a half to introduce herself to voters and raise money. "I recognize how difficult the race is going to be," Ball said in an interview. "Well over 90 percent of incumbents get re-elected. Time is one asset I can use to my advantage right now." A King George County native, Ball, 27, said she has always been interested in politics, particularly economics and foreign affairs. But she didn't plan to get personally involved until the birth of her daughter, Ella, now 15 months old. "I've always been relatively passive with those interests, thinking about it and learning about it and not really getting directly involved," she said. "After my daughter was born, the way that I look at the world just kind of shifted. It just made me realize I couldn't sit on the sidelines any longer. I want to have an impact on the policies that are most going to affect her life." Once she decided to get involved in politics, Ball set her sights on federal office because, she said, that's where her interests and experience lie. An economics major who recently passed her CPA exam, Ball has worked for federal contractor CGI. Now she and her husband work from home designing educational software, which Ball said entails much international travel; they were in Jordan for three months, including during last fall's presidential election and President Barack Obama's inauguration in January. Ball said her campaign is focused on "healthy communities" issues. The daughter of an educator, she wants to raise teacher salaries and increase teacher training, to help recruit and retain quality teachers. Ball also advocates more "alternative certification" paths so that professionals who are experts in their fields could also teach. She supports full equal rights for gay people, and said that if she is elected an early priority will be working to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
Date published: 6/28/2009
KRYSTAL BALL IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 in 2010.
(posted by
Fxbg_Geo
, July 7, 2009 3:21 pm)
I know Krystal Ball, and she is well qualified for the U.S. House of Representatives. Many of us are tired of the 'Just say NO" Republicans like Rob Wittman. Krystal's advantage is just that she is young and full of energy. A UVA graduate who majored in economics & International Relations, she has worked for the U.S. Court System, and recently scored the highest in the country on the audit portion of the CPA exam. With a young toddler, she is acutely aware of the need for leadership on the Obama's issues
Pardon my typos..
(posted by
Mandrake
, June 29, 2009 9:58 pm)
I am typing by moonlight
She may be an excellent candidate
(posted by
Mandrake
, June 29, 2009 9:56 pm)
but I believe democrats may not have much of a chance of being elected considering how the President and congress ignore the American people entirely. The smajority snobs ignotr the people at their own peril.
I wish MS Ball good luck nonetheless. She is young; if she fails this time there is always an opportunity down the road when the Republicans blow it. 9which they will...)
Age 27 = Very little experience
(posted by
Getitright
, June 29, 2009 8:51 pm)
You can compare and contrast the two concepts of age and experience until you're blue in the face. She has no real experience for which I believe qualifies her to cast votes in my representation in Congress. That she has gone to college, has a CPA, and has traveled to several countries does not qualify her to represent Virginia citizens in Congress. Rob Wittman is doing a pretty good job and nothing about Ms. Ball appeals to me in the slightest. She will lose decidedly, because she is unqualified, period.
Chiswald
(posted by
2centsworth
, June 29, 2009 4:10 pm)
You? Not a conservative? Say it aint so!
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