Andrew Tobias Letter for Krystal Ball

Andrew Tobias, the Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), writes why he supports Krystal Ball for Congress.

   

By Andrew Tobias | Contact Andrew Tobias is an LGBT donor, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, and founder of the LGBT Leadership Council. His books include his coming out story: The Best Little Boy in the World and The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up.

Some things are just meant to happen. When I heard that Krystal Ball -- "her given name" -- was running for Congress, I made all the obvious jokes (in my head, not to her husband), and had to hear more.

More is that she is a pro-marriage equality young mother... all of 27 years old...  and a CPA and a triathlete... running (and swimming and biking?), baby in her arms, to unseat a conservative Republican in the first Congressional district of Virginia.

And she comes across so well, she even has the Sarah Palin crowd excited.

Really.

"We haven't been this excited about a candidate since Sarah Palin," writes one local NBC commentator, "and we're already looking up foreclosed homes in the first district so we can vote Krystal Ball in 2010, no matter what her stance on gay marriage is." (You can read the full column here: Krystal Ball -- the Future of The Hill's Most Beautiful.)

We had lunch, Krystal, her husband and I, and it became quickly apparent she is "in it for the right reasons" and just actually might win. I'll let her website video do the rest of the talking.

For my part, I was sufficiently impressed to make my own investment in her race.  I commend to you the link above, which, in turn, links to the rest.

Andrew Tobias

 

  

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