Krystal Gabel

Krystal Gabel
Born (1984-10-14) October 14, 1984 (age 39)
Akron, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBriar Cliff University
OccupationWriter
Known forCannabis rights activism
Political partyIndependent (2021—present)
Other political
affiliations		Legal Marijuana Now (2015—2024)
Republican (2018, 2020)

Krystal Gabel (born October 14, 1984) is an American cannabis rights activist, perennial candidate, and writer. Gabel, a candidate for governor of Nebraska in the 2018 election, at age 33 was the youngest of a record number of women who ran for governorships, nationally.[1][2] In 2020, Gabel ran for Nebraska Public Service Commission in the Republican primary.[3]

Gabel led a successful petition drive to acquire ballot access for a Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW Party branch.[4][5] A resident of Brush, Colorado, Gabel was a candidate for mayor of Brush, in 2021, and for Brush City Council, in 2023.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Marijuana Advocate Challenges Ricketts: Krystal Gabel will run as a Republican". National Journal. July 24, 2017. Writer Krystal Gabel will challenge Gov. Pete Rickets (R) in the 2018 Republican primary. (Nebraska.TV) Gabel "previously ran for a seat on ...
  2. ^ Ostermeier, Dr. Eric (February 13, 2018). "2018 Cycle Finds Many Young Women Gubernatorial Hopefuls: Six women under 40 are currently seeking major party gubernatorial nominations this year". University of Minnesota Libraries. The youngest is Republican Krystal Gabel of Nebraska. Gabel, 33, is slated to be the lone GOP challenger to incumbent Governor Pete Ricketts. ... she placed third out of four candidates in the general election for the Omaha Metropolitan Utilities District – 1.2 points shy of winning one of two seats. In 2017, at the age of 32, Gabel ran for Omaha's 2nd District City Council seat and placed third in the primary with 10.3 percent of the vote – 3.2 points shy of making it to the general election. Gabel will be 33 when she faces Ricketts in Nebraska's May primary and while some parts of her platform conform with traditional GOP principles (e.g. lowering taxes), a strong focus of her campaign is on cannabis
  3. ^ "Lincoln and Nebraska results for the 2020 general election: Public Service Commission". Columbus Telegram. December 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Walton, Don (April 22, 2021). "Legal Marijuana Now Party gains ballot recognition in Nebraska". Omaha World-Herald.
  5. ^ Barfield, Lukas (April 26, 2021). "Legal Marijuana Now Becomes Official Political Party in Nebraska". Ganjapreneur. "The voters of Nebraska have experienced many failed referendum petitions in the past and are currently witnessing a gridlocked Unicameral," said Krystal Gabel, Legal Marijuana NOW's National Party Chair. "The process of obtaining ballot access with the LMN petition breaks a decades-long political stalemate with the State of Nebraska on the issue of cannabis."
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